Pranam Tries To Make Things
MAS.863 - 2016
Final Project
The FabSpec
THIS IS IT --- what we have ALL been waiting for! Check out my crazy journey through the Final Project, where I constructed a real-time wireless spectrophotometer, by integrating almost every module and skillset acquired during the semester!
Week 13: Machine Building
Team Building Machines That Make
The last weekly assignment: a fun, team-building project to assemble machines that make! Check it out!
Week 12: Networking and Communications
Interfacing the Phototransistor with Bluetooth
A new spin on the final project guides my electronic designs this week! The Bluetooth module will come in soon, too.
Week 11: Interface Programming
Writing a Potetential Output Program for the FabSpec
So I designed an Eagle board (YIPEE!), but I didn't get to make it in time. However, I wrote a cute starter program that can do stuff with voltage values from the photogate (once the board is made)! Find out more.
Week 10: Output Devices
LED Board for Final Project
I just quickly made a demo LED board, but will be working on Eagle designs this week!
Week 9: Composites
Making a Glovebox Holder
Will this be useful for me in the lab? No idea -- let's see how I made it!
Week 8: Input Devices
Reading a Phototransistor
The first component of my final project: reading a phototransistor with the Arduino IDE. Take a look!
Week 7: Molding and Casting
Molding and Casting the MolMec Logo
Want to see if I could mold and cast my group's logo successfully? Find out here!
Week 6: Embedded Programming
Making the Board Blink Programmably
Time to get back to the board. This time, let's make it blink and do other cool things!
Week 5: Computer-Controlled Cutting
Making a Doghouse for Yoko
Join me as I design a press-fit doghouse for our beloved little CBA puppy, Yoko!
Week 4: Electronics Design
Designing an ISP PCB Board with an LED and Button
The electronics gruel and horror continues with an introduction to the electronics design process *shivers*!
Week 3: 3D Printing and Scanning
Printing Proteins and Scanning Ducky
Check out my exciting week, where I 3D print a TAL effector protein binding to DNA, and scan my beloved stuffed animal, Ducky!
Week 2: Electronics Production
Stuffing the FabISP
Join me as I begin the uphill battle of learning how to design and build electronics!
Week 1: Press-Fit Construction Kit
Carousel Pipette Stand
Learn about my adventure to creating a rotating pipette stand out of cardboard!
Week 0: Modeling the Final Project
Modeling the FabSpec
This week, we begin the long trek towards the final project. My idea? A rapid protyping, cost-effective spectrophotometer for cell culture monitoring: the FabSpec!