2. Programma
• 09.45 Ontvangst
10.00 Introductie en kennismaken
10.15 Uitleg ProtoSpace en FabLab
10.20 Achtergrond Microprocessors
10.30 Mindstorms en Phidgets
11.00 Koffiepauze
11.15 Mindstorms en Phidgets
12.30 Lunch
13.00 - 16.00 Arduino
3. Wat is een FabLab
Prof. Neil Gershenfeld,
director of CBA
4. Wat is een FabLab
The Fab Charter
Mission: fab labs are a global network of local labs, enabling invention by providing access for individuals to tools for digital
fabrication.
Access: you can use the fab lab to make almost anything (that doesn't hurt anyone); you must learn to do it yourself, and you
must share use of the lab with other uses and users
Education: training in the fab lab is based on doing projects and learning from peers; you're expected to contribute to
documentation and instruction
Responsibility: you're responsible for:
safety: knowing how to work without hurting people or machines
cleaning up: leaving the lab cleaner than you found it
operations: assisting with maintaining, repairing, and reporting on tools, supplies, and incidents
Secrecy: designs and processes developed in fab labs must remain available for individual use although intellectual property
can be protected however you choose
Business: commercial activities can be incubated in fab labs but they must not conflict with open access, they should grow
beyond rather than within the lab, and they are expected to benefit the inventors, labs, and networks that contribute to their
success.
draft: August 30, 2007
15. Microcontrollers
Wikipedia:
A microcontroller (also
MCU or µC) is a
functional computer
system-on-a-chip. It
contains a processor
core, memory, and
programmable input/
output peripherals.
20. Mindstorms RIS
Programmable Brick
(MIT Media Lab)
Robotics Invention System (1998)
Developed at MIT Media Lab
First commercial version:
Mindstorms RCX
(cooperation between MIT and
Lego)
27. Mindstorms
Other characteristics
• Plug & Play
• 4 inputs (analog or digital), 3 outputs
• can be multiplexed
• open software
• different software/ firmware
• wireless (bluetooth)
• community
33. Phidgets
Other characteristics
• Plug & Play
• many different software platforms
• interaction with PC (e.g. Flash)
• needs to be USB connected
• inputs/outputs depends on interface kit
• USB hubs needed for many sensors
37. Arduino
Sensors
IR
Arduino works with all standard components that are
commercially available
Do keep in mind the electrical connections (datasheet)
41. Arduino
Other characteristics
• Plug & Play
• 6 analog in, 12 digital in/out,
6 digitalout PWM
• 1 software platform
• interaction with PC (e.g. Flash)
• wireless, can be batterypowered
• open source hardware & software
