Follwoing table depicts the current status of things Amitraj Deshmukh, has been working on, under Fabacademy 2014. This page will be updated at least once a week.
-- Last update: May 21, 2014 14:10 (IST)
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					 Work Type  | 
				
					 Work Item  | 
				
					 Status  | 
				
					 Notes  | 
			
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					 1  | 
				
					 Logistic  | 
				
					 Installation of Fabmodules  | 
				
					 Completed  | 
				
					 Details: Ubuntu 13.04, 64 bit  | 
			
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					 1.1  | 
				
					 
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					 Modela through Fabmodules  | 
				
					 Completed  | 
				
					 
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					 1.2  | 
				
					 
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					 Vinyl Cutter through Fabmodules  | 
				
					 Completed  | 
				
					 
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					 1.3  | 
				
					 
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					 Laser Cutter through Fabmodules  | 
				
					 Pending  | 
				
					 As of now, an external vendor is helping us laser cut the designs.  | 
			
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					 2  | 
				
					 Project  | 
				
					 
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					 2.1  | 
				
					 
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					 Project Finalisation  | 
				
					 Completed  | 
				
					 Name: Wired Digital Hearing Aid  | 
			
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					 2.2  | 
				
					 
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					 Project Plan  | 
				
					 In Progress
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					 3  | 
				
					 Assignments  | 
				
					 
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					 3.1  | 
				
					 
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					 Animation  | 
				
					 Completed  | 
				
					 Using
					Sketchup  | 
			
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					 3.2  | 
				
					 
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					 Design using inkscape  | 
				
					 In
					Progress  | 
				
					 Main parts of the design are completed. However, the interfacing joints are yet to take the final shapre.  | 
			
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					 3.3  | 
				
					 
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					 Laser Cutting of an object  | 
				
					 Completed  | 
				
					 
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					 3.4  | 
				
					 
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					 FabISP Milling  | 
				
					 Completed  | 
				
					 
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					 3.5  | 
				
					 
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					 FabISP Component Placement  | 
				
					 In
					Progress  | 
				
					 FabISP PCB has been completed, but yet to use it successfully. FabISP did get programmed, however, it is to be used yet.  | 
			
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					 3.6  | 
				
					 
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					 Vinyl Cutting  | 
				
					 Pending  | 
				
					 I will be able to complete this assignment, may be tonight itself (May 21)  | 
			
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					 3.7  | 
				
					 
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					 3D Scanning  | 
				
					 Completed  | 
				
					 The scanned and edited object is not 3D Printed  | 
			
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					 3.8  | 
				
					 
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					 3D Modelling  | 
				
					 Complete
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					 A printable 3D Box has been completed and uploaded.  | 
			
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					 3.9  | 
				
					 
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					 Electronics Production – Schematic and board  | 
				
					 Completed
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					 Using Eagle a schematic of Echo_Hello_World ckt has been produced. Routing has been made by hand (no auto routing used).  | 
			
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					 3.10  | 
				
					 
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					 Electronics Production – Milling and component placement  | 
				
					 Completed  | 
				
					 Using Eagle
					a schematic of Echo_Hello_World ckt has been produced. Routing
					has been made by hand (no auto routing used).   | 
			
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					 3.11  | 
				
					 
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					 Programming – try out various programming languages (C, ASM, Forth) 
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					 Pending  | 
				
				   I will be able to complete this assignment by May 22, 2014.  | 
			
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					 3.12.1  | 
				
					 
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					 Molding  | 
				
					 Completed  | 
				
					 Mold has been completed using a Locally available molding rubber, which takes around 4 days to dry out completely, in a dry environment.  | 
			
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					 3.12.2  | 
				
					 
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					 Casting  | 
				
					 In Progress  | 
				
				 As the mold is ready now, I plan to start casting with Instamold or PoP, whichever is available today (May 21, 2014).  | 
			
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					 3.13  | 
				
					 
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					 Embedded Programming  | 
				
					 Complete  | 
				
					 Code for A blinking LED has been written and tested successfully.  | 
			
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					 3.14  | 
				
					 
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					 Input Devices  | 
				
					 In
					Progress  | 
				
					 Components placed and PCB working. To write a useful demonstrative program that would show how inout device (a humidy sensor) is working.  | 
			
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					 3.15  | 
				
					 
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					 Notes  | 
				
					 In
					progress  | 
				
					 Added 3 notes on Milling, Mercurial and Blender. This will keep happening.  | 
			
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					 3.16  | 
				
					 
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					 Composites  | 
				
					 Pending  | 
				
					 A mold design, in blender has been completed. However, selecting a composit and using it for making a mold is yet pending.  | 
			
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					 3.17  | 
				
					 
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					 Output Devices  | 
				
					 Completed  | 
				
					 
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					 3.18  | 
				
					 
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					 Make a Machine  | 
				
					 Pending  | 
				
					 This seems to be not going to get completed, looking at the remaining time.  | 
			
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					 3.19  | 
				
					 
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					 Networking  | 
				
					 Pending  | 
				
					 This, I will be able to complete.  | 
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					 3.20  | 
				
					 
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					 Application Interface with I/O Device  | 
				
					 Pending  | 
				
					 This, I will be able to complete.  | 
Software Tools/resources used uptill now:
1) Web development - Libre Office, Kate, GIMP
2) Documentation: Libre Office
3) Object Designing - inkscape, Sketch up
4) Animation – Sketch up
5) CAMM Tool: Fabmodules
6) PCB Design Tool: Eagle
7) 3D Modeling: Blender 2.69, Meshlab, netfabb basic 5.1.0
8) Conferencing Tool: Ekiga, Jabber Video
9) Operating Systems – Ubuntu 13.04, 64 bit, Windows XP, 32 bit
.... to be continued
Hardware Tools/resources being used:
.... to be continued