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This is a list of Projects I would like to do... Look through them and talk to me about one if it looks interesting...
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Competitions
Competitions
These are projects that are team based competitions, so they have a longer and more dedicated commitment required. They are all team based.
SkillsUSA (Vex) Robotics Competition
SkillsUSA (Vex) Robotics Competition
I can have 5-6 teams (teams are 2 students each) to compete in Skills USA. This is a great project where you learn to code, engineer a driving robot, for sure 3D print stuff for your robot, and then drive your robot via teli-presence... Think first person driving video game.
(Maybe) Hydrogen Powers Race cars - But You Can Still Work On The Cars
(Maybe) Hydrogen Powers Race cars - But You Can Still Work On The Cars
I can have 2 teams to compete in Horizon Hydrogen Power cars. This is a project where 3-4 students teams will build, tune and evaluate the efficiency of a hydrogen powered race car. These are 1/10 scale remote control cars that you race on an "indi 500" track to see who can go the fastest, but in the most efficient way, using the least amount of battery and hydrogen fuel.
DIY ROBO Cars - Autonomous Robot Cars
DIY ROBO Cars - Autonomous Robot Cars
I can have 6-8 teams to compete in DIY Robo Cars. These can be teams of 2-3 students, who take a standard 1/10 scale RC car, replace the RC part with a Raspberry Pi or NVIDIA Jetson Nano micro computer and turn it into an Autonomous car that can drive a track after being trained as an AI
Computer Hardware/Cyber Security Projects
Computer Hardware/Cyber Security Projects
These are projects that are probably mostly focused on repurposing or "hacking" computer Hardware.
Parabolic Sound Zone, Museum Like?
Parabolic Sound Zone, Museum Like?
This is a project to take a set of speakers and have them in a parabolic system, that will let the sound only point dow in a very specific spot. If you are standing in that spot, you can hear the soound, and if you are not... You cant. The goal is to have a PC at the entry of the class, that is playing some Class introduction videos, and guest can stand there and watch and hear them.... but any where else in the class you can hear them.
Is This Microsoft Surface RT 8.1 Tablet a "Brick"?
Is This Microsoft Surface RT 8.1 Tablet a "Brick"?
This is a project to take Microsoft Surface RT 8.1 Tablet and see if we can hack it to load Linux/android, or some other OS... I think they might be bricks, but there is a chance you can hack it.....
Are these Tablets any good? and can we put some better OS on them... ?
Are these Tablets any good? and can we put some better OS on them... ?
This is a project to take Tablet and see if we can hack it to load Linux/android, or some other OS...
What Are These Old SVCTE HP Laptops any good, and Can we load Linux on them?
What Are These Old SVCTE HP Laptops any good, and Can we load Linux on them?
I have a set of old SVCTE Laptops, that we need to check if they are good, and if we can load Linux on them...
I have a bunch of old Dell Laptios... so are old 32 bit Chips, and probably we just want to trash these...
I have a bunch of old Dell Laptios... so are old 32 bit Chips, and probably we just want to trash these...
I have a set of old Laptops, that we need to check if they are good, and if we can load Linux on them... and if they are even worth keeping.mm maybe a cyber rack device...
AC/DC Projects
AC/DC Projects
These are projects that are probably mostly focused on AC/DC labs and equipment.
Power Supply Current and Voltage Measurement Tester
Power Supply Current and Voltage Measurement Tester
This is a project to take some this high power potentiameter and set it up to test a power supply. The plan is to create a nice looking case (printed or wood) and connect some power connectors, that flow through the potentiometer. You are connecting the power supply so that the resistance it sees is the potentiometer, with maybe another power resistor of about 5 ohms. The theory is that you have 2 DMMs permantly connected to measure the voltage and current. You could have another that lets you measure Resistance, but you want to make sure to disconnect that one before you connect power. Maybe with a DPDT switch, that disconnects the power connectors when in Resistance mode.
This is a project to take a DC motor (from the printer teardown project) and connect it to an LED WIRE (EL Wire) so it can spin... the trick here is to have a connection to the led-wire that can be connected to the shaft of the motor, but also have power to the LED with out twisting up... think about this.
This is a project to take a DC motor (from the printer teardown project) and connect it to an interesting 3D Printed shape, so it can spin... Then have a strobe light strobing, where we can control the speed of the strobe/motor with a potentiometer... think about this.
Solder Projects
Solder Projects
These are projects that are probably mostly Soldering.
Helping Hands
Helping Hands
This is a project to take some flexible "octopus" hands and mount them to a small board hot glued to a heavy metal bar. I have about 4 of these to build
Change the power connector on random Power Supplies
Change the power connector on random Power Supplies
This is a project to change the power connectors on some random power supplies.
Find the power supplies voltage and amps
cut off the power connector end
Strip and tin the ends
Verify the +/- connections
connect to a power adaptor
Solder Shadow Box LEDs
Solder Shadow Box LEDs
This is a project to solder power connections' on some super Bright LEDS
Project That Don't Need a MicroController / Arduino / Raspberry Pi Projects
Project That Don't Need a MicroController / Arduino / Raspberry Pi Projects
These are projects tht don't need a Microcontroller or Raspberry PI, so we can do them earlier in the year.
Sand and Paint the Robot Boxes
Sand and Paint the Robot Boxes
Come talk to me about this project. I want to sand and paint my robot project boxes. I want to make it better to use them for Robot completions, and painting on some line following lines and stuff.
Project That Need a MicroController / Arduino / Raspberry Pi Projects
Project That Need a MicroController / Arduino / Raspberry Pi Projects
These are projects tht don't need a Microcontroller or Raspberry PI, so we can do them earlier in the year.
Computer History - Arduino simulation of the Eniac,
Computer History - Arduino simulation of the Eniac,
Find the code to simulate an ENIAC and build a LED matrix to model the Tubes
Big Digital Clock
Big Digital Clock
I want a big Digital 7 Segment clock. This project is 1) build a laser cut digital clock display, and light the segments with some LED (Programable RGB) and then an Arduino with a Wifi connection to be able to pull an accurate time. Then have a remote to let us set timers and stiff...
Tardis Art Project
Tardis Art Project
Add an Arduino/Raspberry Pi 0 and a motion sensor to sense people and maybe then play the Tardis Dr. Who Music... Want to do this project? Ask Mr. Burnham... This project was started, but not finished... it's a fun semi engineering / semi Art project, to turn a class cabinet into a Tardis
Space Ship Cockpit
Space Ship Cockpit
With the Film and Arts & Construction class, build a "working" Space Ship Cockpit. Check out these Google Images of Space Ship Cockpits. This project is modular, so the first steps are as follows:
Design and Layout the Frame. This needs to be modular, so we can "open" bulkheads to film through. Drawing, Measuring, and maybe a CAD drawing. - 2 student team
Based on the frame layout, start designing "panels" that will be Lights, Gauges, LEDs, Switches, Etc. These mostly will be run with a Arduino or 2 - Multiple 2 student teams
Smaller Spaceship Model / Layout and Diorama
Smaller Spaceship Model / Layout and Diorama
Come talk to me about this project. This project is creative art, with engineering planning.
Box of Technical Traps
Box of Technical Traps
This is a project to create a "russan Nesting Doll" set of electronic puzzels and traps to get to the center of the trunk. There will be "traps" from the first action of opening the trunk, and going down layer my layer and box by box. The goal will be to solve all the traps and puzzels before the time runs out or you triggered a trap. We woould reset the puzzles and traps and let a new team solve it...
Design and Layout an overall design of nested traps, and then start designing the individual traps.
Based on the overall layout, start designing "traps" that can besolved and disabled. These mostly will be run with an Arduino and maybe monitored by a Raspberry Pi. Each trap is a 2 student team project.
Hack old hand held Radios to be communication between Microcontrollers
Hack old hand held Radios to be communication between Microcontrollers
This project is to create a page that documents the process to
How to hack a Radio to transmit Data using an Arduino or other Microcontroller
How to hack a Radio to receive Data using an Arduino or other Microcontroller
Document this process, so others can take a radio pair and add a radio link to a project
Infrared Remotes
Infrared Remotes
This project is to create a page that documents the process to
Arduino - Build an Arduino designs to receive an Infrared signal and decode it.
(2nd Semester) Raspberry Pi Pico - Raspberry Pi Pico designs to receive an Infrared signal and decode it.
Decode the infrared signal codes from a specific remote and document the process, so other students can use that remote in a project. ( I have a few diffrent remotes, and each team of 2 can work on a specific remote.
Infrared Remotes & Robots
Infrared Remotes & Robots
This project is to create a page that documents the process to
Connect an Infrared Remote to a robot ( I have a few different remotes, and each team of 2 can work on a specific robot/remote.
LED Tester - Extra Credit / Bonus Points
LED Tester - Extra Credit / Bonus Points
This project is to design a 3D Printed fixture that has the power connections and internal circuit to safely test an LED... probably is a printed "V" with foil tape to touch the LED legs to see if the LED is good.... could have small holes for the legs with foil tape at the bottom of the holes... what ever is a quick way to test LEDs
(Advanced / 2nd Semester?) Arduino and Raspberry Pi talking to each other over Serial
(Advanced / 2nd Semester?) Arduino and Raspberry Pi talking to each other over Serial
This project is to have a raspberry Pi talking to an Arduino over a USB port from the Raspberry Pi to the Arduino. The Raspberry Pi will be the "terminal" and the Arduino is the target. Do stuff like have the Pi request status of some registers, or tell the Arduino to do something... all through the Serial Port.
Cybersecurity Rack - WiFi in a Case
Cybersecurity Rack - WiFi in a Case
Come talk to me about this project. I want to make a WiFi "hotSpot" that i can take to events. I see this getting used as a stand alone network that we could use with a Raspberry Pi workshop, or plug it in to an existing network to have our own network Plus internet. I also want to see about connecting it to a mobile hot spot...
Airplanes
Airplanes
Come talk to me about this project. But I can have 2 teams in the AM and 2 Teams in the PM. This is more than just flying the planes, maybe it's putting a first person camera on the planes. Maybe it's putting a GPS and then geofencing the plains to fly in a circle.
Small Drones
Small Drones
Come talk to me about this project. I have a few drones. They may be all junk, or maybe they can fly. I would need a few teams of 2 students to check them out, get them flying, and then see what we can do with them.
Marble works board attaching to Rolling TV stand - wood construction project
Marble works board attaching to Rolling TV stand - wood construction project
Come talk to me about this project. but it's a wood construction project to connect some peg board to the TV stand.
Oven (maybe to melt solder)
Oven (maybe to melt solder)
Come talk to me about this project. This project is all about researching and then getting the hi temp oven I have working. Probably this is a "Melt Plastic 3D print or chipped plastic" and make coaster
Coaster - Work with the Welding class to make a coaster
Coaster - Work with the Welding class to make a coaster
Come talk to me about this project. This project is all about researching and then getting the hi temp oven I have working. Probably this is a "Melt Plastic 3D print or chipped plastic" and make coaster
Hot Plates
Hot Plates
Come talk to me about this project. I have 2 Hotplates, that may be able to melt solder... Please clean them up, and test them. I'll give you a link to a resources page to update with a "How To Use Safely" tutorial that you will write
Photo Light "Box" Photo Lab/Studio
Photo Light "Box" Photo Lab/Studio
Come talk to me about this project. I want to make a setup where I can take quality photos of an object, without shadows... like a bread board with components, but no shadows so have some LED lighting setup on a frame, with a camera.
Soldering Class lab projects
Soldering Class lab projects
Come talk to me about this project. I want to have some stuff soldered... but you need to pass my soldering expectations and inspections. Soldering Power Adapter. Speakers, Switches, etc.
3D Print Projects
3D Print Projects
These are 3D Print project... see this link for more... More 3D Print Projects
More 3D Print Projects
More 3D Print Projects
see this link for more... More 3D Print Projects
3D Printer Resource Page for Printers
3D Printer Resource Page for Printers
Do some research, Rework and revise the step by step guide to using the 3 different types of printers. One team per printer.
Farm-NG Bot Small Version
Farm-NG Bot Small Version
Do some research, and build a 3D printed version of the Farm-NG bot Amiga. Let's replicate this Amiga robot with some small 80/20 rails and some Rumba drive motors. It's a big 3D Print project + Electronics and control. I want to replicate most of the features the Amiga has, just smaller.
Computer History - Make an Abacus
Computer History - Make an Abacus
Do some research, and build a 3D printed Abacus... on that a robot could move the beads/markers, so we could have one of our Raspberry Pi robots do math.
Computer History - Leibniz Stepped Reckoner,
Computer History - Leibniz Stepped Reckoner,
The Leibniz Stepped Reckoner, also known as the Leibniz calculator, was a mechanical calculator designed and built by German mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz
Computer History - Napier's Bones,
Computer History - Napier's Bones,
Laser Cut and Engraving - google image search
computer history Demo image
Marble works connectors - 3D Print Project #1
Marble works connectors - 3D Print Project #1
Come talk to me about this project. but it's a set of connectors to connect to a few different PVC pipe and fittings. 3/4 pipe and 1/2 fittings mostly, but we should do a few other sizes too.
Marble works marble lifter - 3D Print Project #2
Marble works marble lifter - 3D Print Project #2
After the Marble works board is constructed, we want to lift marbles from a lower reservoir to an upper reservoir
Marble works marble lifter - 3D Print Project #3
Marble works marble lifter - 3D Print Project #3
Marble works mechanisms that will catch and release marbles
Marble works marble lifter - 3D Print Project #4
Marble works marble lifter - 3D Print Project #4
Marble works mechanisms that will spin, drop drum, tip, etc.
Post-MicroController/Raspberry Pi Projects
Post-MicroController/Raspberry Pi Projects
These are projects that might need a a Microcontroller or Raspberry PI, so we can do them later in the year.
Mount and control one Stadium Light
Mount and control one Stadium Light
Come talk to me about this project. This project is about hacking the Stadium light so we can control the stepper motors. This project will involve some research to learn how the stepper motors work, and what drivers we need to run them. Then it also involves to figure out how to mount it and light it with a smaller power light.
This is a project where we could build a robot that could be controlled via a tele-presence... Talk to me about doing this... What might this project look like? Think building and controlling a "Mars Rover", or a camera or a camera on a robot that drove around campus... or really anything that you control over an app over the internet... like a remote candy or dog food dispenser... I want to build some robotic contraptions that are in our room but that can be controlled over the internet...
Arduino Based - Mechatronics Class Demos On Board
Arduino Based - Mechatronics Class Demos On Board
I can have a few teams to build Electronics demos on our class board. Quick little interactive demos of electronics on Bread boards, Arduinos, etc. Put my "Mechatronics backlight sign and run RBG LEDs.
DIY ROBOT Demonstrator - Left Right Position Platform
DIY ROBOT Demonstrator - Left Right Position Platform
I can have 2 teams to build a printer parts based robot to move left to right and control the position. These can be teams of 2 students, who learn about DC motors, control the speed, and position and collect data on the current position. Probably an Arduino, but could be a Raspberry Pi
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DIY ROBOT Demonstrator - Conveyor belt
DIY ROBOT Demonstrator - Conveyor belt
I can have 2 teams to build a printer parts based robot to move left to right and control the position. These can be teams of 2 students, who learn about DC motors, control the speed, and position and collect data on the current position. Probably an Arduino, but could be a Raspberry Pi
DIY ROBOT Demonstrator - Robot Arm to pick and place a cube on the "Left Right Position Platform"
DIY ROBOT Demonstrator - Robot Arm to pick and place a cube on the "Left Right Position Platform"
I can have 2 teams to build a printer parts based robot to move left to right and control the position. These can be teams of 2 students, who learn about DC motors, control the speed, and position and collect data on the current position. Probably an Arduino, but could be a Raspberry Pi
M&M Sorter (Color Sensor)
M&M Sorter (Color Sensor)
Add Arduino and color sensor to M&M sorter. Programming, Color sensor, and servo motors
SpaceX docking with the Space-station
SpaceX docking with the Space-station
This could be in conjunction with LetsRobot.tv, but the plan would be to have a small air powered hover chair / xyz system that "feels" like 0g... and you control it as if you were there.. so live tele-presences. maybe with an Oculus... Ask me about this project...
Remote Control Radios/Servo Controllers
Remote Control Radios/Servo Controllers
This project is to verify that a few radio controllers I have work. It would be a fun project, because you would learn about RC radios, Frequencies used, and how they connect to the servo controllers. Talsk to me about this project
Electric Imp 2012 Wifi IOT KIT.
Electric Imp 2012 Wifi IOT KIT.
I don't have a lot on this kit, but it's a Cool use of IOT from the Year 2012. https://www.electricimp.com/ Not sure if they still have docs on line, but it would be cool to make something from this kit... that could go on our class display board.
Earthmate GPS
Earthmate GPS
Hyperformance GPS Receiver - Can you get this to talk to a Raspbery Pi or Arduino?
Tripp-Lite Sensor
Tripp-Lite Sensor
Sense Fire, Smoke and Security... Can you read the data from this device?
Jeopardy Game Controller
Jeopardy Game Controller
Build a Arduino or Raspberry Pi based Jeopardy Game controllers and 4-8 buttons. Attention must be paid to make sure the sensing of button pushes is as Random as possible... Maybe this should be a class lab... to see who's design is the most random and fair.
Semaphore Flag Robot
Semaphore Flag Robot
Build a robot that spells out text in Semaphores... have a raspberry Pi drive some stepper motors. make it so you can post to a log or other site to capture text... maybe filter it to not swear...
This could be a letsrobot.tv robot
You could add Morse code to LED too... and maybe other coding types... Manchester encoding like we were sending to the Voyager space craft...
Then have another Pi do OpenCV and "read" what they are saying...
Halloween - Brain In A Tank
Halloween - Brain In A Tank
Update to run from an Arduino / Raspberry Pi. Update the Water Proof LEDs. Update all the LED and other "Life" indicators.
Add an Alexa like Conversation Bot, that could answer Yes or No Questions or even a Magic 8 Ball type questions... but with a little context in a conversation... connect to IBM Watson. This would involve building an IBM cloud chat bot.
Halloween - Magic 8 Ball like Ouija board
Halloween - Magic 8 Ball like Ouija board
Get a stepper motor to move on a circle, and another to move left and right with a magnet to move a token
Halloween - Edger Allen Poe
Halloween - Edger Allen Poe
run some EYEs on screens
Halloween - Monster in the "water"
Halloween - Monster in the "water"
like the Start Wars garbage compactor monster
Halloween - moving Grave - TikTok -
Halloween - moving Grave - TikTok -
build this moving Grave - https://www.tiktok.com/@scarrie_halloween/video/7274249182230236459?_r=1&_t=8fcJEWouUgc
Halloween - Ghost Hunter stuff - Paranormal Detector Stuff
Halloween - Ghost Hunter stuff - Paranormal Detector Stuff
Lighting Pumpkins - update all the light in the pumpkins
Singing Pumpkins - This project is to take all my Jack-O-Lanterns and do the following - Clean up and maybe coat with foam hardener
Rewire with 12 volt RGB LED that can be addressed and controlled by Micro
Singing Pumpkins - Setup Arduino/Pi to let Jack-O-Lanterns tell Jokes - Setup Arduino/Pi to let Jack-O-Lanterns sing
Zombie Break Out - This project is to take all the Rebar stick figures and "corpse" them with the bones and plastic
get chain-link fencing and connect pneumatic to it to shake
have some of the other zombies move...
More thoughts... this could be like Leo's prop, with the chain link fence, but it could also be an elevator door too...
Mad Scientist Lab
Like Leo's lab with chemicals and lab equipment...
Use the NICU equipment for some type of Alien or experiment gone bad
Drop Spider - Simple drop/pull a string (actor controlled)
Claw Machine
Claw Machine
Come talk to me about this project. Its 3-4 parts. The Hardware and the Software. It should probably be 2 teams. It should probably be a Raspberry Pi, but it could be an Arduino 101 with WiFi. This project will be the way you "buy" headphones and other stuff in my class. Check out Taiwan's obsession with Claw Machines... they are every where.
Could have a RFID change machine
Claw Machine Hardware
Claw machine Software
Build Test Equipment to test stuff
Build Test Equipment to test stuff
Come talk to me about this project. This is a project to build test equipment to test some of the equ
Projects We Can't Do Right Now, But Maybe In the Future
Projects We Can't Do Right Now, But Maybe In the Future
These are projects tht might need a a Microcontroller or Raspberry PI, so we can do them later in the year.
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Come talk to me about this project.
Plastic Grinder Project
Plastic Grinder Project
Make the plastic grinder... the idea is to produce a shredded plastic powder/grindings about the consistency of sawdust. Then use this in plastic/sand brick making mold. This is first a research project, but then a prototype build project with Metals technology to try building something that works, but can easily be replicated by DIY hobbyists.
The Search for a Plastic Grinder
I like the idea of using stacked sawblades - bought a bunch of 7.5 inch carbide saw blades from harbor freight stacked them together in a in closer that had holes in the bottom the size of the particle I wanted, feeding the foam in the top of the rotating blades, through a smaller opening, particles fell out the bottom. Worked best with a fine spray of water to keep the static electricity down. (maybe just grounding everything)
Plastic Mold Project
Plastic Mold Project
after we makes a plastic grinder... the idea is to produce a compression mold system that can make compressed plastic bricks from shredded plastic powder/grindings and sand.
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