WEEK 11 (05 April 2017)
[Machine Design]
This week’s assignment was to automate the passive parts of our machine.
In my task I have to start and finish a line for the circuit of the ring bell in the "Fab Kit - Marble machine".
I built a lift for our marble machine, to do that I designed and 3d printed a lift from the week 9, then I cuted some pieces on the laser cutter, and added some threaded rod and nuts to build a structure around the lift.
After that I wanted to put my lift moving, and for that I used a servo from an electronic kit from BQ that we have here in the fab lab.
The idea of the drill bit was to create a lift, connected to the continuous servo, making the ball climb to the right position of the Fab Kit - Marble Machine, and start to descent...
For the programming part I used an arduino, to do that I followed this tutorial:
First of all I implemented the servo library.
The Code:
myservo.write(0); delay(1000)
And because I want my servo to run continuously, I picked just one direction (0 ) and taked off the delay part of the code.
My Code : void loop() { myservo.write(0); }
Watch the video:
"Fab Kit - Marble machine" - Under development
This is a modular machine that will continue to grow and becoming more complex day after day...
Watch the final video:
Future Improvements
Now that I have the marble machine working it's time for a reflection and to realize which improvements still can be done.
As I mentioned earlier this is a modular machine that will continue to grow and becoming more complex day after day, this is the wish that we have here in the fab lab Aldeias do Xisto.
I Could have designed my own board replacing the arduino, like I have done on my final project.
