Cornell Fall 2008 projects

A quick list of tasks that students working at the CCSL are working on during Fall 2008:

  1. Mate pneumatic+valve deposition tool to servo - Mike Heinz
  2. Cost estimate for JR Kerr board system - Warren Parad
  3. 1 axis setup testing belts, encoder+JR Kerr board feedback - Mike Heinz
  4. Testing corner filleting code for Evan - Warren Parad
  5. Investigating thermoplastic deposition - Kalina Jordanova
    1. get RepRap extruder operating
    2. study Australian design
    3. study Evan's design
    4. build something
  6. Build low-cost pneumatic system - Jeff Lipton
  7. Write practice program for interfacing with JR Kerr boards - Warren Parad
  8. 1 (y) axis setup testing cables, low cost linear bearings - Mike Heinz, Tristan Morris
  9. second revision of y axis setup - Tristan Morris
  10. Test pneumatic+valve deposition
    1. Mount pneumatic+valve tool to first 1 axis setup - Mike Heinz
    2. run it with coordinated motion
  11. Modify Model 1 firmware + application for digital pin control
    1. Modify firmware - Maxim Lobovsky
    2. Modify application code to have one pin indicate wether deposition should be happening or not - Maxim Lobovsky, Warren Parad
  12. Modify Model 1 Software for JR Kerr motion - Warren Parad
    1. Coordinated motion for printing.  highest priority.
    2. homing
    3. jogging
  13. 1st revision of 3 axis machine - Mike Heinz, Tristan Morris