Tuesday:
3:00: Website review, discuss final project ideas
3:30: Intro to Laser Cutting, Engraving, and Vinyl Cutting. Inkscape and Gimp for 2D design. Measuring with calipers.
4:00: Fusion 360 Sketch demo
Readings:
Guide to 2D cutting, Making Things Move chapters 1-3. Much of this should be quick to skim through as a refresher, but pay attention to concepts that may be new to you like "minimum constraint design". No need to do the exercises.
Sparkfun: What is electricity?, What is a circuit?, Electric power, Breadboards.
Thursday:
3:00: Intro to electronics, TinkerCAD for electronics simulations.
3:15: Workshop: Materials needed:
- Metro Microcontroller
- Breadboard
- Wires and stripper
- Multimeter
- Resistors and potentiometer
- One or more LEDs
Complete exercises both virtually and physically.
- Use a breadboard
- Build an LED circuit
- Use a multimeter to measure voltage
- Find the current through the LED
- What happens when resistors are arranged in series? Parallel?
Labs:
Fusion 360 sketch tutorial, 3D commands, and assignment help.
Assignment:
- Create a press-fit construction kit that can be assembled in multiple ways, and accounts for lasercutter kerf.
Examples: Kassia's triangles, Chris's pencil holder, Kian's Moose
- Work through a Fusion 360 tutorial, like this or some of these (or similar if you are using other software) and document what you produce.
- Select at least 2 household objects or components from the lab (could be items you think you might include in your final project). Measure them using calipers, and model them in Fusion 360 (or other program). Create an assembly using these components, and document your work on your webpage. You may also incorporate items from our existing library of kit parts, or other 3D model repositories like GrabCad.