"One Xiao devboard made for FA is OK"...but need to make peripheral (Input/Output/Communication) boards
Breadboards...are (again) not permitted
Molding & Casting: High resolution SLA, 3D Milled...even (post-rpocessed) FDM printed molds are all OK. High quality (smooth surface) finish is the objective. 3D Toolpath milling is no longer the key objective for the week...can be a Wildcard exploration.
Wildcard Week: ..."no need to fabricate something"...application of digital processes that are "transferable"...is the key. 3D wood milling, embedded AI, fiber laser surface oxidation to make color...all OK.
Group Assignment: ...one objective is "collaboration". It is primarily a "lab assignment" not an individual assignment. Students need only to participate (along with instructors) and acknowledge some learning from the work completed ("aware of what was covered") by linking to the documentation on the lab's website.
Datasheet: "reading" is not required ("no need to assess")...students need only to be aware that it existence and extensive content. Make datasheet reading a Group Assignment led by instructor (see previous point about how student should document).
Electonic Design: "Schematic is NOT needed"...SVG-PCB as a board design tool is perfectly acceptable.
Machine Building: ...students must present their machine. Live presentation is preferred...video presentation is also acceptable.
Midterm: ..."assignment requirement to be upgraded". Will be more serious...require FP system diagrams, task and schedule for FP project completion, etc.
"Mapping sensor data...translating it from raw 0 to 1023 form...to some measurement unit (Farenheit or Celcius for temperature)..."is not necessary".
Electronic Production The "Quentorres" (Univeral Programmer) board design will be given to students for milling and stuffing. In subsequent weeks...this initial design will need to be redesigned and modified...other peripheral boards will need to be produced.
Make Something Big: The primary learning objectives..."fixing, feeds & speeds". "Meter Scale" is still the goal...but what this is will be a judgement call by instructors. A "large" object milled on a medium sized CNC milling machine (Shapoko, et al) is OK...as long as the resulting object meets the "Meter Scale" definition.
Network & Communications: "The key word is addresses...a protocol with addresses to talk to multiple devices". The Xiao will be an address on a network...
Final Project: While multiple pages describing the evolution, trials & tribulations of the FP is acceptable...one page should be dedicated to efficiently and succinctly address the assignment requirement...project slide, project video (REQUIRED TO BE HORIZONTAL FORMAT!!), BOM, answers to assignment questions.
System Integration: New clarification to be addressed in a future meeting...
Input/Output: "Something has to go in...something has to go out". That's it.
FP Requirements: BOTH Subtractive and Additive process are required. "Subtractive can be as simple as a vinyl cut sticker. Additive could be as simple as a 3D printed widget."