
Design and fabricate a functional table using 3d printing and Arduino programming, integrating mechanical parts, electronics, circuits, and testing through a guided project sequence.
Opt for a battery-powered Arduino solution to keep the project lightweight and cable-free, preferring Arduino over Nano for portability, while evaluating USB and DC power options for the 5V LCD.
Open Fusion 360 and explore its interface, from the browser and units to components and the development panel, then learn navigation, orbit, pan, zoom, view cube, and the timeline.
Open the saved STL in the printer software, orient the base to reduce supports, and use basic trigonometry to decide if supports are needed before slicing to gcode.
Learn how to connect an Arduino Uno to an LED strip using a breadboard, wire data from pin 7, and power from USB or battery with a resistor and capacitor.
Master completing 3d-printed parts and arduino programming, place the LCD to avoid light blockage, power via USB when batteries are weak, and customize designs and code via the IDE.
In this course, you shall learn how to make a physical object that does not exist in the world in form, fit and function. This course brings you right from the beginning stage of design from our imagination to one that is physical that we can see, touch and feel. This is exactly how new inventions are created. In other words, you are learning to make things that do not exist in this world. This is something unique that you can impress not only to those around you, but could, one day, impress many people in the world as well.
In this project, you will be learning how to make a table lamp. I shall bring you right from the design stage to the final design. Not only will you be learning how to model the piece parts , you will also learn how to put all parts together into an assembly with proper mating surfaces. The learning experience is not only to cater for its own assembly, it also cater to incorporate a micro-controller as well as other electronics parts put together. As we know, most of our products today, are not just made from piece parts put together, we need to bring in other electronics, micro-processors or even micro-controllers to make the design turn into a useful product. With the incorporation of the electronics parts, it will bring a lot of life to the final invention that you made. Start to be an inventor today. Join the course and enjoy the whole design and fabrication journey all within your control.