Fan Xue HTMAA 2024 Webpage

Welcome! I am a 3rd year PhD student at EECS & RLE at MIT. This webpage contains the documentation for the class I took Fall 2024: How To Make (almost) Anything (HTMAA). To give a brief introduction to myself, I have a background in Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, and my research focuses on BioMEMS/microfluidics. I like making things, and I am so grateful that this class provided me with chances to make so many interesting things and learn so many important skills along the way. If you want to get in contact with me for whatever reason, feel free to send an email to fanxue@mit.edu.

My Selfie

Mini Game for Fun

Following the class's trend to add a mini game to our websites, I added one too.
The code for the mini game was adapted from the W3Schools HTML Game Example.
Have fun!

Use the up arrow on keyboard to jump.

Long press to jump higher.

The game gets harder and harder!


Weekly Summaries

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Final Project

A Steam Boat Water Quality Monitor

w0

Week 0

Final Project Sketch - Something on water

w1

Week 1

Vinyl & Laser Cutting - A magic zigzag box and a blessing sticker

w2

Week 2

Embedded Programming - A simple simulation of pushbutton-LED.

w3

Week 3

3D Printing and Scanning - Hairy FDM print of our professor and scanning of a cute rabbit ornament

w4

Week 4

Electronics Design - A PCB design connecting an accelerometer to a microcontroller

w5

Week 5

Electronics Production - PCB board production by milling traces and soldering components

w6

Week 6

Molding and Casting - Happy ghosts

w7

Week 7

Input Devices - An attempt to make a small PCB with IMU and microcontroller connected back to back.

w8

Week 8

Output Devices - Servo, DC Motor, and Others

w9

Week 9

Computer-Controlled Machining - Nightstand

w10

Week 10

Machine Building - Barduino!

w11

Week 11

Networking and Communications - Motor control through WiFi

w12

Week 12

Interface and Application Programming - UI for boat control

w13

Week 13

Wildcard Week - 5-axis machining for propeller