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