Learn from my mistakes!
Tips/Tricks & Oopsies
Taking this class and stuck on something? Want to read my list of how to's? Click here for my list of tips/tricks & mistakes that you can learn from!
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Final Project Brainstorm
Time For Shellebration
Brainstormed my final project idea on paper and in a 3D CAD model with OnShape Software. Made my first ever CAD gear and top-down assembly!
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Cutting
Construction Kit & Sand Blast
Used vinyl cutter to sand blast my partners & my initials onto metal. Practiced using laser cutter (many "oops" moments of learning along the way)
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For this week, I milled my own PCB board and then stuffed it (soldered the components onto the board). Lastly, I checked the circuit with a multimeter to make sure it functioned properly.
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Made a CAD model of a spiral. Sliced, added supports, and 3D printed the spiral on the Sindoh 3DWOX 3D printer at the MIT Archshop. Practiced scanning.
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Spent many days attempting to design a board in Eagle, with a microcontroller that has many extra pins, and then tried the D11C Echo. Learned a bit of testing equipment. Learned a lot from the TAs!
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This week, I made 2D OnShape CAD files and used a C.R. Onsrud to mill a large 48x96" sheet of ORB wood into a table.
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This week I re-milled and re-soldered my board, and loaded a bootloader to get my board ready for Arduino IDE.
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For molding and casting week ,I milled a wax block, cured two-part Sorta-Clear-12 silicone, and then made a colored epoxy heart (with mica powder) from it.
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For input devices week, I redesigned a PCB board with FTDI headers to allow the board to be able to connect to different input devices. Then I confirmed that the board worked properly!
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For this week, I connected a Servo motor to my PCB board and measured current & voltage to measure the power for this motor output device.
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This week I designed & built a board with Wifi & Bluetooth capability (ESP 32 microcontroller), and connected it to a server.
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This week, I attempted to make an AppSheet app to interface with my servo motor using the ESP32 and reading information from Google Sheets. I also explored / compared different tools.
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This year, we skipped mechanical machine design week because we had a shortened schedule due to Covid.
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What tasks have been completed, and what tasks remain? What's working? what's not? What questions need to be resolved? What will happen when?
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