Week 11: Machine design

Apr 05 2017


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Assignment

Group assignment

automate your machine

document the group project and your individual contribution


Machines

Trotec Speedy 300

Makerbot Replicator


Software

Arduino IDE

Materials

2 Wantai 42BYGHM809 Step motors

2 Pololu DRV8834 driver carrier

Power supply

Jumpers and cables

It's time to get Maggy to work

WORKFLOW:

Connect the two step motors

Solve issues

Understand C++ code and Arduino IDE

Measure distance vs time step motors movements

Draw a straight line

Draw a square

Make a relation between X and Y axis

Draw diagonal lines

Individual Contribution: Test Motors

For this week we work in groups to design a machine and make it work. We decided to make a CNC drawing machine we called Maggy. The group web site is here.

Motion X,Y and Start Drawing

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