Final Project Journal

Project Ideation

1- Tell us about the idea of your project. Why do you care about this? What were you inspired by? Include images and videos of similar projects

THE INANIMATE

I am a person who always prefers the dark and sitting in it, so I found this project the most in line with the situation and mood.

I've always been fascinated by things that can express or manage feelings and respond to me and interact with me, that's why I decided to apply my idea. And I've always prefer to sit in the dark at my desk

So I decided to build a desk lamp that can interact with me, change my mood, have a behavior, respond through its senses, sounds or I approach it, obeys, or disobeys, feels that time passes, sneezes, falls asleep …

Finally :'D

I think those inanimate things that lay around us need some respect. they play a big, and usually unnoticed role in making our life easier and maybe more interesting.

Project Construction

2- Explain the CAD process of your project. How did you use the software to design your project? (List the softwares/tools/materials...etc that you used)

-Software-

Fusion 360

Sketching, Modeling and Assembling parts for laser cutting

2D Printing: RDWorks v8

Software Used for Laser Cutting

( to Adjust printing setting )

3D Printing Ultimaker Cura V 5.1.1

Software Used for 3D Printing as a slicer
( to Adjust print and time settings )

3D Builder

Software Used for editing and splitting the D part after Exporting.

-Designing Process-

01 - Base

Base (Bottom)

The Sketch of the Base and The extruded component.

I downloaded Arduino from GrabCAD to assemble with the part to take its accurate size.

Base (Top)

The Sketch of the top Base and The extruded component.

I downloaded Joystick, Toggle switch from GrabCAD to assemble with the part to take its accurate size.

Side (Front)

The Sketch of the Front side and The extruded component.

I downloaded ON/OFF switch, LED, and DC connector from GrabCAD to assemble with the part to take its accurate size.

Side (Arduino)

The Sketch of the Arduino side and The extruded component.

02 - Linkages

Linkages

The Sketch of the Linkages and The extruded component.

04 - Micro Base Base

Micro Servo Base

The Sketch of the microservo base and The extruded component.

05 - Micro Base Home

Micro Servo Home

The Sketch of the microservo home holder and The extruded component.

06 - Servo Home

Servo Base

The Sketch of the servo S3003 home holder and The extruded component.

07 - Linkages Holder

Linkages Holder

The Sketch of the Linkages holder and The extruded component.

08 - Linkages

Linkages

The Sketch of the Linkages and The extruded component.

09 - Head

Head

The Sketch of the Head Part and The extruded component.

10 -Head Holder

Head Holder

The Sketch of the Head holder Part and The extruded component.

-Assembly Process-

01 - Base

Head Holder

The all base parts are Assembled together

02 - Linkages

Head Holder

The all base parts and Lamp arm are Assembled together

03 - Head Servo

Head Holder

The Servo which will hold the head after assembled with the arm.

04 - Final

Head Holder

The Final Assembly

3- Explain the fabrication process of your project. How did you use the machine to fabricate your project? (List the softwares/tools/materials...etc that you used)

-Machines-

Laser Cutter: Malky ML1930

Machine Used for Laser Cutting

3D Printer PRUSA i3 MK2

Machine Used for 3D Printing

-Tools-

-Materials-

Nuts - 3mm

Are used to connect nails with parts hardly

Nails - 3mm

Are used to connect parts with each other

PLA for 3d printer

Material used for 3D Printing

Plywood for laser cutting

Material used for Laser Cutting

-Fabrication Process-

01 - Laser Cutting

Some of snapshots from the laser cutting process and it's estimated time

IMG_0234_MOV_AdobeExpress.mp4

Small Video from the laser cutting process

02 - 3D Printing

Some of snapshots from the 3D Printing process

IMG_0271_MOV_AdobeExpress.mp4

Small Video from the 3D printing Parts process

Project Electronics & Power Management

4- Describe your electronic circuit. What are the input and action components? What is the function of each? How do the components integrate together to form your smart system? (List the softwares/tools/components...etc that you used)

-Software-

Arduino IDE

The mastermind of the project

TINKERCAD

free web app for 3D design, electronics, and coding

Fritzing

free Desktop app for 3D design, electronics, and coding

INPUTS

ON/OFF Switch
9V-12V DC Power
Arduino Auxiliaries
Joystick

OUTPUTS

Power ON LED
Head's four LEDs
micro Servo
Servo S3003

HARDWARE

Mini Bread Board
Arduino Board

ACTION

one Axes (One Direction)

Circuit Schema

5- What is your power source? How did you select the suitable power source for your project? (List the softwares/tools/components...etc that you used)

Based on the data sheet for each component, it is known how much effort it can withstand.

And with the combination of voltage for the circuit according to the components, the voltage is calculated

And there is no need to worry because there is a regulator built in Arduino Board to distribute the voltage correctly

the reason I used a 9V adapter is that the Arduino can't power all those components at once as it has limited current so I used an external power source independently to power the electronics and the Arduino to, by that way it can work without any laptop or pc attached just the adapter or any external power supply

Project Programming

6- Describe the code of your project. How did you program each function of the project?

01 - Variable Declaration

Declaration Arduino Pin, which components on which pin.

02 - Setup Function

Assignment each Pin to its mode which is INPUT or OUTPUT

03 - Loop Function

The core of code, or the function itself which will be looped while the Arduino is powered on

04 - Servo Function

the function is responsible for to turn the servo motor in which angle

05 - Servo Pulses Read and Write

the Function which is responsible for which speed (PWM) and which angle will be done.

Project Integration & Testing

7- Demonstrate with text and visuals how did you integrate the project’s modules together? What are the testing results? (Include a Demo video separately, showing a proof of functionality)

The wiring brain of the projects

I used nails and nuts to attach parts and components together

I used the small breadboard to minimize the base of the projects and to not be a complex wiring and more crowded

The Whole Wiring

IMG_1573.mp4

Sharing & Collaboration

8- Did you ask for feedback? What are the ideas that others have contributed or suggested? What was someone else’s idea that you built upon? How did you help your peers? How did your peers help you?

Feedbacks...

I have asked for Feedback several times from my teammates like Yassin, Yara and Nada and the feedbacks were all positive.

All of their Feedbacks encouraged me to finish the project in the best possible way in order to gain the admiration of everyone and to be sufficiently satisfied with it.

Suggestions...

I am a person who is very interested in appearance, color consistency and the aesthetic view in the end, so I would always ask Yassin if the colors were appropriate and I would take suggestions from him in testing the colors and we would agree together.

I always took the component and measured it manually using a ruler or caliber, then I moved to an easier way, which is to download the dimensions through the data sheet, but it was a very tedious method unfortunately.

And finally came Mohanad's very influential role. He saved me a lot of time and effort. He suggested to me that I download the components from GrabCAD and then import them to the design.

Recommended Ideas...

One of the ideas that was also suggested by the Fab Lab specialist Moez is to separate The X Holders from motor homes to reduce the supports when printing.

Overcoming Challenges

9- When you got stuck, what/who did you turn to? At what point did you have to pause to research or learn more before moving on? What are some mistakes, pitfalls, or challenges that others can avoid if they were doing this project?

Mistakes and challenges to be avoided:

Assemble, Assemble, and Assemble. it's very important to avoid to print several times.
Designing holes to be fit to its place. you should make a small space to make it go on it's place

Future Work

10- If you had more time, what is one thing you would change/ Do next in your project?

ِِActivate Automatic Mode:

Interact with me through the motion sensor.
Responding to a sound from the sound sensor output.
Do some cute movements to be more comfortable through the quick responses from the sensors and the response will be automatic through random movements and different lights.
light intensity control.
Control the lamb with Bluetooth.

Final Project Design Files

-Laser Cutting-

Files.dxf

-3D Printing-

FIles.stl

-Code-

mo's.ino

-F3D Files-

Files.f3d

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