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Chuang, Isaac, and Neil Gershenfeld, MAS.863 How to Make (Almost) Anything, Fall 2002. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare), http://ocw.mit.edu  (Accessed 08 Jul, 2010). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA

How to Make (Almost) Anything

Fall 2002

Photo of the MIT Media Lab waterjet cutter at work.
Photo of the MIT Media Lab waterjet cutter at work. (Courtesy of Prof. Neil Gershenfeld and Prof. Issac Chuang.)

Course Highlights

This class teaches the use of several types of CAD/CAM machines, and techniques for making literally 'almost anything'. The lecture notes include valuable tips on how to make those machines work, and links to other web sites with detailed information on the world of CAD/CAM.

Course Description

This course provides a hands-on introduction to the resources for designing and fabricating smart systems, including CAD/CAM/CAE; NC machining, 3-D printing, injection molding, laser cutting; PCB layout and fabrication; sensors and actuators; analog instrumentation; embedded digital processing; wired and wireless communications. This course also puts emphasis on learning how to use the tools as well as understand how they work.

Syllabus

 
The course provides a hands-on introduction to the resources for designing and fabricating smart systems, including CAD/CAM/CAE; NC machining, 3-D printing, injection molding, laser cutting; PCB layout and fabrication; sensors and actuators; analog instrumentation; embedded digital processing; wired and wireless communications. Emphasis is placed on learning how to use the tools as well as understanding how they work.
Topics
Design Tools

Design and model a solution to a problem from ThinkCycle.
Help:
  • Cobalt Tutorial
  • 3D Modeling Diatribe: Should I Use Rhino or Cobalt? (Hayes Raffle) 
  • Folding Tutorial: How to Model a Polyhedron by "Folding Up" Flat Polygons (Hayes Raffle)

Laser, Waterjet, NC Knife Cutting

Cut and fabricate something using as many types of materials as possible:

  • Laser Cutter Tutorial
  • Water Cutter Tutorial
  • Manuals for the Laser Cutter and Water Cutter
  • Rasterizing Images on the Laser Cutter (by Amanda Parkes)

Microcontroller Programming

  • Microcontroller Info (by David Merril)
  • Driving Solenoids (by David Merrill)

Machining

Circuit Design

  • Joe Paradiso's Electronics Primer Notes (Updated by Michael Sung)
  • Useful Electronic Parts and Circuits Information (Scanned by Michael Sung)
  • Simple Pseudo-Random Sound Generator Example
  • A Funny Video of Circuit De-bugging

Problem 1: How to drive stepmotors? 

  • Driving Stepmotors (by Axel Kilian)
  • Color Coding of Resistors (by Saoirse Higgins) 
  • Web Sites Used for Help with Circuit Design (by David Merril, Kyle Steinfeld):
    http://www.findchips.com/
    http://www.digikey.com/ (Voted "The Best Source")
    http://www.TI.com
  • Midi Stuff:
    http://www.tigoe.net/pcomp/code/category/code/picbasic-pro/161
    http://www.midi.org/about-midi/aboutmidi3.shtml
    http://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/fall02/cs436/

Useful Book: Practical Electronics for Inventors (Good Theory Explanations, Bad Schematics)

3D Printing and NC Machining

  • Modela Instructions (by C. Scott Ananian)
  • 3D Printer Instructions (by C. Scott Ananian)
  • John's FabLab Tutorials (by Difrancesco)
  • Site for Making Gears with Printers of Cutters (by Axel Killian)

PCB Design

  • Making a New Schematic/PCB Part in Protel '99 (By David Merrill)
  • Making a PCB on the Modela (Instructions and Software, by CSA)
  • Carving a Protel Circuit Board on the Roland Mill (Additional Suggestions from Hayes Raffle)
  • Making a PCB Fixture Bed (Instructions and CAD Files, by CSA)

Forming and Joining

  • Handy Page of Links to Forming and Joining Resources (Hayes Raffle)

Sensors, Actuators and Displays

  • Joe P Revisited (Parutron)

3D Input

Wired and Wireless Communications

  • Networking Standards Definitions (Axel Kilian with Krikorian)
  • Networking Hardware Schematics, Assembly Code and ORCAD Files
  • Presentation by Raffi Krikorian

Projects Presentation

Calendar

         
 

LEC #

     

TOPICS

     

INSTRUCTORS

         
         
 

1

     

Design Tools

     

Gershenfeld
Sawhney
Direkova

         
         
 

2

     

Laser, Waterjet, NC Knife Cutting

     

Gershenfeld DiFrancesco Mohan

         
         
 

3

     

Microcontroller Programming

     

Mikhak Lyon Merrill

         
         
 

4

     

Machining

     

Gershenfeld
DiFrancesco Miller

         
         
 

5

     

Circuit Design

     

Paradiso Ma Benbasat Sung

         
         
 

6

     

3D Printing
NC Machining

     

Gershenfeld
DiFrancesco Steinfeld

         
         
 

7

     

PCB Design
and Fabrication

     

Mikhak Lyon Ananian

         
         
 

8

     

Forming and Joining

     

Csikszentmihalyi
McKinley Raffle

         
         
 

9

     

Sensors, Actuators,
and Displays

     

Paradiso Ma Vora

         
         
 

10

     

3D Input

     

Gershenfeld
DiFrancesco Parkes

         
         
 

11

     

Wired and Wireless
Communications

     

Gershenfeld
Krikorian Killian

         
         
 

12

     

Project
Presentations

       
         

 

 

 

 




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