Final Project

Objectives

• What will it do?
• Who's done what beforehand?
• What materials and components will be required?
• Where will they come from?
• How much will it cost?
• What parts and systems will be made?
• What processes will be used?
• What tasks need to be completed?
• What questions need to be answered?
• What is the schedule?
• How will it be evaluated?

What's to be done?

Vending Machine for Tools

Reason: Part of the difficulty in managing a FabLab is storage and inentory management. It may take a few iterations to come up with a good solution, but I am going to start.

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Research

Here is one commercial product.

Here is another commercial product.

I like how simple a Tile and Tile App work.

Identify whether a tool is present or not.

RFID seems to be the most common.

Alternatives?
I could just put a sensor on the shelf to detect whether a tool is present.
Possiblities:light sensor, capacitance sensor, proximity/ir

Identify who has the tool.

Possibilities:
RFID badges.
Photo Checkout.
Name/ID

Store the tools./li>

Price Breakdown
Wood Case(plywood) ~ $10
Metal Panel ~ $5
Buttons(x10) ~ $15
Molding Supplies ~$25
Composite Supplies ~$30
Electrical Components ~$6 per sensor
Electical Components ~$5 hub
where do parts come from? Obvious answer is the lab.
Wood - 1/4" wood form specialty wood store
Metal - Home Depot
Button - Digikey or Ebay
Composties - Entropy Resins and Fabric Store
Electrical Components - Digikey

What parts are to be made? The main goal is a center shelf. A place to hold tools. Sensors. WebApps
What tasks need to be completed?
Design Electronics. Mill Boards. Progam Boards. Get Boards to talk Build Shelf. Build Frame. Add the bells and whistles.
Schedule:
3 weeks until projects are due!

Evaluation? I am not sure. I just need to complete!