Output Devices
This week I designed and fabricated a board to control shape memory wire. Shape memory wire uses electricity as a heat source and contracts when heated. It has some very specific requirements regarding operative temperature. I have been working with N-mosfets, and at this point think I have a pretty good understanding of how they work...
There's no Hello.ShapeMemory board, but there are a bunch of great resources from past HTM(A)A participants:
http://fab.cba.mit.edu/classes/MIT/863.10/people/jie.qi/flexinol_intro.html
http://web.mit.edu/~jieqi/Public/Jie_Qi_MS_thesis.pdf
http://fab.cba.mit.edu/classes/MIT/863.10/people/andy.payne/Asst9.html
http://fab.cba.mit.edu/classes/863.12/people/laia.mogassoldevila/projects/p10.html
