In these lessons we had to code the lcd display and a sensor. Our aim was to make a robot which could move and detect any immediate surface in front of it. LCD Libraries Libraries are a collection of code that makes it easy for…
In these lessons we were required to use the ‘blink’ function and code a motor to spin Using the blink function We have now started to learn about the arduino system. the first part was ‘Blink’, a function which causes a connected LED to flash…
When considering types of manufacturing there are 4 specific categories; Additive, subtractive, sheet material-vaccum and moulding. 3D printing is an additive process which is the process of joining materials to make objects from 3D files, usually layer upon layer (there are different forms of 3D…
This week we have been introduced to Eagle, a software designed for creating circuit boards. It has the availability to download libraries of parts online. We were instructed to download https://gitlab.cba.mit.edu/pub/libraries/blob/master/eagle/fab.lbr which contain the parts available to us in the fab lab to eventually create…
In week 4 the main activities were stuffing and milling an ISP programmer. To do this, firstly we made a PCB and then we soldered the surface mounted components on to it. A PCB is a copper sheet that has been laminated onto a non-conductive…
In week 3, we were using the laser cutter to create 3D objects from laser cut parts, the focus being on the joins between these parts. I started with the idea of making a scaled model of a flatpack coffee table with 6mm mdf. In…
In the second week we were introduced to Fusion 360, a parametric software similar solidworks. It is a cloud based software free for students making it an important tool for future work. Our task was to make a die and record the times and then…
This week I have looking at blog websites for setting up my XE404 report. I went on websites like square space, wix and edublog. I have ended up using edublog because of its easy access through the university and its free to use. I set…