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10.Mechine design

This week's group assignment

  • automate your machine
  • document the group project and your individual contribution


This week We tried to automate our light art machine

We have used below tools and materials to complete this assignment.

  • Software:
  • Python

  • Hardware:
  • -Laptop PC(Win10 64bit)
  • -USBtiny programmer
  • Trotec Speedy100R(Laser cutter)
  • -Roland SRM-20(Milling machine)
  • -Soldering Iron

  • Materials:
  • -Card board 5mm thick
  • -Nadya's kit

  • References:
  • -Week9 text
  • -Tutrial(W16)
  • -MTM
  • -MTM modular
  • -MTM modular doc
  • -gestalt(git)

  • Procedures:
    1. Assemble
    2. Test
    3. Bulb mode photo shooting


    Procedures:

    1.Assemble

    To make art light machine, we use 2modules, those are made by card boards.

    [assembled stages]

    When motor moves, carboards deformed. SO I laser cut plywood to support structure and solved the problem.

    [cut plywood parts to support construction]


    2.Test

    At first we have no idea to move our machine. After reading instructions and asked Instructer Mio finally understood how to use.

    1. Connect all components. PC-FabNet board-Gestalt board-motor
    2. execute setup.py
    3. execute single_node.py(1 stage, press gestalt's button when required)
    4. execute xy_plptter.py(2 stage, press gestalt's button when required)
    5. After connected all components, we tested XY movement rule, by changing numerics in the program
      1. [To recognize each nodes, press button when LED lit.]


        3.Bulb mode photo shooting

        To shoot light art, we made dark loom. This time we used Sony alpha6000 MILC, then dowonload "smart remote control" . This application allow smartphone to control digital camera via WiFi.

        [as we should do bulb shooting, made dark enviroment in the room.]


        [Heart]


        [Star]


        [123]


        [Light]


        [Dragon]

        [Storehouse]

        [We had shoot some light art]

        [Group project movie]



        Appendix

        What I've learned

        • To make machine, need to understand borad area of knowledges.

        What We want to improve

        • We want to control LED on/off from program
        • Try tm make GUI interface, which can support vector path and realtime drawing from mouse or touch pen.