Michigan Tech Open Source Hardware Enterprise

A student group at Michigan Tech devoted to making and manufacturing a broad range of #opensource technology

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This semester, Choco-Fab made silicone chocolate molds of the OSHE logo and the MTU Husky!

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ATX Power Supply: In this video, we will explain the high-level design of our power supply. For more in-depth information, go to https://t.co/ENrpeE4WvP to see our work logs and project overview page.

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Recyclebot Spring 2024 Update: This semester, Recyclebot has been hard at work improving our heating and extruding process.

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PCB is in and components are being soldered for Zeusaphone!

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KeWee Energy Meters is working with a new power monitoring chip! This chip, the ACS37800, communicates over I2C. Team members Liam (left) and Caleb (right) are shown debugging communications with the chip, and responses are shown in the Arduino IDE.

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Tune in as Alex explains the components of our custom temperature sensor!

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We're the Electric Viola team, and this semester we've worked on the physical design of the viola, the pickups, and a metronome and tuner that will be encompassed by the viola.

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BREAD BUNS has been making progress on our bar code system. Here is our mountable remote scanner for tracking boxes on conveyors.

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Introducing a new project in OSHE - IRL Subtitles! This project aims to create wearable technology that can display real-time subtitles from the environment to the user. Stephen, Luc and Luke have been hard at work on the second iteration of the printed circuit boards.

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The Laser Tag Team: Got the auxiliary board for the Teensy all soldered up!

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BREAD DAQ is an open source data aquisition device that integrates into the bread BREAD (Broadly Reconfigurable and Expandable Automation Device) ecosystem.

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ReStruder is trying to make recycled 3D printer filament more accessible by reducing the required tolerances

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Here is the result of our first official test.

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First official test of the ChocoFab chocolate assembly system! The melted chocolate successfully moved through the tube to the mold, demonstrating the system's operational capability. While the chocolate bar needs cooling, this marks the start of customizable chocolate bars.(1/2)

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The Bird Attractant and Deterrent team has made some serious progress! They have completed a box that is better than the first version and looks great! Hopefully the birds really like this one.

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The Localized Lyme Disease Fighting team will have their Tick Repellent Administration System (TRAS) completed shortly. The TRAS includes a real time clock module, an SD card module, a HX711 amplifier, and a load cell to collect data regarding the amount of mice that enter.

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KeWee Energy Meters: This is our current circuit configuration with our newly printed PCB. #pcb #kicad #circuit

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The Tesla Team: Tesla coil circuit assembly in full swing! #circuitry #coil

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The Laser Tag team now has a shell to start testing electronics in, that has been 3D printed from the OSHE lab printers! #lasertag

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The ATX Power Supply team has completed a SPICE simulation of a buck converter. Shown is the circuit diagram, filtered output, and method of control for switching. Using this 12 volt to 5 volt converter we were able to see a 3% ripple at 20 Amps! #power #circuit