Robots can get damaged, and that may make them stop working. Researchers made a substance which will reroute signals in the case of damage. It seemed like a neat idea even if it is beyond the manufacturing ability of the average hacker.
Programming for the lights was done with Adafruit's DotStar library. This was a remarkably easy library to use since it was created to act like the NeoPixel library which I was already familiar with.
Soldering on one board was done. This was done with proper solder paste since there were fine solder joints, but it still resulted in a few bridges, which can be seen in the picture below. A hot plate was used to heat everything from the bottom. During the design phase, all the components were populated on one side of the board so that this was possible.
A new revision to the board was made when it was clear that I would not be able to program a bootloader unless certain pins were broken out. One solution was to create a new board. It would have been possible to program the chip before installation, but it would have added more steps for anyone recreating the project.
The fan blades had been neglected for a long time. A few abstract patterns were drawn with a brush pen on graph paper. These designs were converted to vectors and cut from wood on the laser cutter, but it turned the wood to filigreed cinders.
Blank wood panels were cut for the fan panels. They may have been too heavy for a finished product but the point of the first ones was to test the folding design. They were designed with curved slots and small holes for rivets. The point was to install protruding rivets which would ride in the slots and provide a limited range of movement.
Sadly, this project lost momentum and stalled here. No further development was done but it could be resumed in the future.
The rest of the summary posts have been arranged by date.
First time here?
Completed projects from year 1
Completed projects from year 2
Completed projects from year 3
Completed projects from year 4
Completed projects from year 5
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Programming for the lights was done with Adafruit's DotStar library. This was a remarkably easy library to use since it was created to act like the NeoPixel library which I was already familiar with.
Screenshot of code
Soldering on one board was done. This was done with proper solder paste since there were fine solder joints, but it still resulted in a few bridges, which can be seen in the picture below. A hot plate was used to heat everything from the bottom. During the design phase, all the components were populated on one side of the board so that this was possible.
Soldered microcontroller
A new revision to the board was made when it was clear that I would not be able to program a bootloader unless certain pins were broken out. One solution was to create a new board. It would have been possible to program the chip before installation, but it would have added more steps for anyone recreating the project.
Next revision of schematic
The fan blades had been neglected for a long time. A few abstract patterns were drawn with a brush pen on graph paper. These designs were converted to vectors and cut from wood on the laser cutter, but it turned the wood to filigreed cinders.
Abstract designs
Blank wood panels were cut for the fan panels. They may have been too heavy for a finished product but the point of the first ones was to test the folding design. They were designed with curved slots and small holes for rivets. The point was to install protruding rivets which would ride in the slots and provide a limited range of movement.
Wooden panels with holes and slots
Sadly, this project lost momentum and stalled here. No further development was done but it could be resumed in the future.
The rest of the summary posts have been arranged by date.
First time here?
Completed projects from year 1
Completed projects from year 2
Completed projects from year 3
Completed projects from year 4
Completed projects from year 5
Disclaimer for http://24hourengineer.blogspot.com and 24HourEngineer.com
This disclaimer must be intact and whole. This disclaimer must be included if a project is distributed.
All information on this blog, or linked by this blog, is not to be taken as advice or solicitation. Anyone attempting to replicate, in whole or in part, is responsible for the outcome and procedure. Any loss of functionality, money, property or similar, is the responsibility of those involved in the replication.
All digital communication regarding the email address 24hourengineer@gmail.com becomes the intellectual property of Brian McEvoy. Any information contained within these messages may be distributed or retained at the discretion of Brian McEvoy. Any email sent to this address, or any email account owned by Brian McEvoy, cannot be used to claim property or assets.
Comments to the blog may be utilized or erased at the discretion of the owner. No one posting may claim property or assets based on their post.
This blog, including pictures and text, is copyright to Brian McEvoy.
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