11/1: Powering your project--- [motor movement]

What we will cover today

• How to power your Arduino
• Introduction to motors and different kinds of motors
• Charactoristics of motors
  • Voltage
  • Current draw
  • RPM
• Using benchtop powersupply
• testing your motor
• Motor attatchments
• DC motor -- Darlington Transistor with Arduino
• DC motor -- Relay with Arduino
• Shop tour and demo with Tim at 1:30pm

Kinetics resources

Here are some basic mechanisms that can be used to convert rotational movements to lenior and extended movements.

Here are some useful articles and tools


• Online gear generator (you can hand cut from prints)
• OpenSCAD parametric gear generator
• Article on Basic Mechanics
• Mechanism examples
• Homopolar motors

Another Housefly - Arthur Ganson

Katie Wynne

Final Project

It's time to start thinking about your project to realize. Final project is due December 6th and December 13th. You have 5 - 6 weeks to complete the project.

Here is the schedule:

• 11/8 idea drawing due
• 11/22 working prototype due (part of final grade)
• 12/6 and 12/13 Project due / presentation
• 12/18 Documentation due

It is the final project for this class but don't think too much about making an "impressive" project.

Keep it

• simple
• experimental
• economical
• realized

  Contents

  Katie Wynne

  
  circus by Yuko Mori

  
  Eyes by Lucas Zanotto

  Sandbox by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

  Digital Fabrication

  3D printing and modeling

  3D printers

  We have three 3D printers in house! Let me know if you have a file you want to print during the class. I can print them and go over how to use the printers.

  3D modeling software

  • OpenSCAD: Free code based 3D modeling software. Great if you are good at coding
    Basic Tutorials
  • Rhinoceros 3D: Popular paid 3D modeling software that cost ~$200 for students. Installed on computers on the 4th floor computer LAB.
    Tutorials at Lynda.com through your MICA portal
  • TINKERCAD :Free basic online 3D modeling software
  
  
  
  • Netfabb: Free software for cleaning your 3D models
    Tutorial on how to fix and repair 3D models using Netfabb or Meshlab

  HOMEWORK

  Idea drawing and game plan for Final Project

  For next week be ready to discuss;

  • ideas and drawings of your project
  • inspirations
  • potential chalenges of your project
  • loose schedule

  If you have materials you know you want to work with get them ASAP and start experimenting with them!

  Watch "Simple Brain"

  The simple brain from Karin Schagen on Vimeo.