Month: May 2017

Thursday – the field trip.  Forms are due by the end of class on Tuesday.  If you do not submit a completed form you will stay at Drake and complete a lengthy writing assignment with the substitute teacher.

Tuesday – pinball project work period – start programming and wiring.

Today-
1. Grab your Engineering Notebook and today’s glue in.
2. Head to the lab.
3. Graded assignment for Thursday’s field trip to Autodesk and the Exploratorium: account creation.   You MUST have working Autodesk accounts for Tinkercad and Fusion 360.
>if you have a Tinkercad account then
–go to tinkercad.com and test your login
–go to the Fusion 360 website and test your login

>if you DO NOT HAVE a Tinkercad account then
–go to tinkercad.com and create your account
–go to the Fusion 360 website and try to login with the same account information that you used for Tinkercad.

4. Review and new skills – using copper tape to build a switch for your pinball machine. Then you program that switch to trigger an Arduino output.

 

Field trip forms: we need your form by the end of class on Tuesday.  If you don’t have it then you will stay on campus and complete a lengthy writing assignment.

1. Four block periods, one Monday left.
2. Deadline to submit your CAD/CAM design (3d printed or laser cut) is next Tuesday.
3. Before you send a file for laser cutting make sure you have follow the Laser Cutting Guide.  Ask Milstead if you need help after you have reviewed the checklist.

Project work period

1. Your completed project is due at the end of class on Thursday, May 4th. This includes a working program, wiring/breadboard and cardboard construction.
2. Your poster should be ready for presentation at the beginning of class on Monday, May 8th.  For details on your poster please review the project description.