ATX Power Supply – Fall 2023 Semester Report
Background The goal of this project is to create an Open-Source 600W computer power supply that meets commercial power supply standards. In our initial research for this project, we were…
Hibernacula Manipulation
Prepared by: Thomas Kinjorski, Mitchell Krueger, Alex Riebe and Ben Steinbach Background and Vision: The MTU College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science (CFRES) in partnership with the Michigan DNR…
BREAD MOLD – Fall 2023 Report
Nic Cywinski, Nick Sandahl DESCRIPTION and BACKGROUND The purpose of this project is to expand the Broadly Reconfigurable and Expandable Automation Device(BREAD) framework. The Mass Output and Logging Device(MOLD) is…
GrowBot – Fall 2023 Update
Growbot Fall 2023 Update Open Source Hardware Enterprise December 10, 2023 Eric Engebos (eaengebo@mtu.edu) - Nasi Koukios (adkoukio@mtu.edu) - Nick Kasi (srkasi@mtu.edu) Background and Vision This is a project created…
Bird Attractant and Deterrent 2023 Report
Project Description and Incentive OSF: https://osf.io/dj6gz/wiki/home/ All code and design files located on OSF repository The Bird Attractant and Deterrent device (BAD) aims to guide birds away from cities as…
KeWee Energy Meters Fall 2023 Update
This Semester’s Team: Evan Grahs, Justin Rish, Sierra Derusha, Liam Cacioppo. This update provides insight into our progress in the Fall Semester of 2023, with extensive development in miniaturizing our meter…
Recyclebot Fall – 2023 Report
The Team: William Forney, Konnor Kuppernus, and Xavier Haupt General Description: Recyclebot is a project designed to take filament pellets or old 3D printed parts and turn them into usable…
BREAD Vision Fall 2023 Report
“BREAD Vision” utilizes vision software in conjunction with a BREAD system to judge physical characteristics and analyze the material characteristics of an object, and then return a pass or fail.…
Flex Automation HMI for Industrial Applications – 2023 Report
Project Summary: Our project utilizes easily accessible materials to create a HMI (Human Machine Interface) screen that can interface with ABB Robots. Our screen is planned to communicate with the…
GrowBot Spring 2023 Update
Stephen Metcalfe Adam Sandahl Nick Sandahl Liam Cacioppo Derek Gottwalt GrowBot is a proposed device that will be able to assist consumers with creating and maintaining small-scale gardens. The long-term…