MAS.863 | Fall 2002 | Graduate

How to Make (Almost) Anything

Lecture Notes

Topics Tutorials and Help
Design Tools

  • Cobalt Tutorial
  • 3D Modelling Diatribe: Should I use Rhino or Cobalt? (Hayes Raffle)
  • Folding Tutorial: How to Model a Polyhedron by “Folding Up” Flat Polygons (PDF)
Laser, Waterjet,
NC Knife Cutting

  • Converting Gerber to HPGL FILES (by C. Scott Ananian)
  • Laser Cutter Tutorial (PDF)
  • Water Cutter Tutorial (PDF)
  • Manuals for the Laser Cutter and Water Cutter
  • Rasterizing Images on the Laser Cutter
Microcontroller
Programming

  • Joe Paradiso’s Electronics Primer Notes (Updated by Michael Sung)
  • Useful Electronic Parts and Circuits Information (Scanned by Michael Sung)
  • Simple Pseudo-Random Sound Generator Example
  • Driving Stepmotors (by Axel Kilian)
  • Color Coding of Resistors (by Saoirse Higgins)
Machining

  • Waterjet: Cutting Glass (PDF)
  • Modela Instructions
  • 3D Printer Instructions
  • John’s FabLab Tutorials
Circuit Design

  • Problem and Turorial (by Nadya)
  • Joe’s Electronics Primer (by Mike Sung)
  • Useful Circuit and Parts Info (by Mike Sung)
  • Steppermotor with PIC (axel)
3D Printing
NC Machining

  • Waterjet: Cutting Glass (PDF)
  • Modela Instructions
  • 3D Printer Instructions
  • John’s FabLab Tutorials
PCB Design
and Fab

  • Making a New Schematic/PCB Part in Protel ‘99 (by David Merrill)
  • Carving a Protel Circuit Board on the Roland Mill (Additional Suggestions from Hayes Raffle)
  • Making a PCB Fixture Bed (Instructions and CAD files, by CSA)
Forming and Joining

  • Handy Page of Links to Forming and Joining Resources (PDF)
Sensors, Actuators,
and Displays

  • Joe P Revisited
3D Input  
Wired and Wireless
Communications

  • Networking Standards Definitions (Axel Kilian with Krikorian)
  • Networking Hardware Schematics, Assembly Code and ORCAD Files
  • Presentation by Raffi Krikorian
Project
Presentations