GUIDES, HANDOUTS, & LINKS

(by Dr T), Santa Ana College

GENERAL

• (PDF) - CT GUIDE
  
  
• (PDF) - Lab Safety
  
• (DOC) - Lab Incident Report
  
  
• (TXT) - Canvas Upload Rules
  
• (TXT) - Lab Laptops
  
• (0:02) - Laptop checkout
  
  

ARDUINO & PROGRAMMING

ARDUINO
• (PDF) - Arduino Guide
  
• (PDF) - C & Arduino Programming Guide
  
  
  
  
• Different micro-controllers
• Cytron controller w/ DC Motors
  
  ARDUINO PROJECTS
• PID tuning (DC motor control)

COLUMN 3

Basic electricity/circuits

• (pdf) - Electricity, ( yvid );
• Current ( yvid ), ( yvid );
  
• Voltage ( yvid ), ( yvid );
• Ohm's Law ( yvid )
  
  
• (pdf) - Electrical components
• (link) - Resistor calculator
  
  
• (yvid) - Video on diodes & transistors
  
  
• (yvid) - Potentiometers
  
  
• Soldering....... (yvid)
• (yvid) Soldering safety
  ( tinning wire ) ( 2 wires )
  ( pcb1 ) ... ( pcb2 ) ... ( pcb3 )

Circuits, Wiring, DMM

• (0:02) Wire (ct)
  
• (0:01) Wire cutting/stripping
  
• (0:02) Wire - measure size (caliper)
  
  
• (0:03) Solderless breadboard
  
• (yvid) - Solderless breadboard
  
• (0:02) - Breadboard connectivity
  
  
• (0:04) Simple breadboard circuit
  
• (0:03) measure R (with DMM)
  
  
• (0:06) BK Precision DMM
  (0:08) BK Precision DMM 2
  
• (0:11) Klein DMMs
  
• (0:03) DMM continuity test (watch thu 02:55)
  

COL 3

• (0:18) Tektronix scope 1
  
• (0:08) FG BK Precision
  
  

Laser Cutters

EPILOG ZING & HELIX LASERS

• (PDF) Epilog Laser Guide (by CT) (zing & helix)
• (vid 0:06) - Helix Operation
• (vid 0:07) - Zing Operation
  
  LASER ARTWORK
• (vid 0:08) - create dxf in SW (vector cut)
• (vid 0:06) - dxf in EngraveLab, laser sett'gs (vector cut)
  
  LASER PROJECTS
• (yvid 0:07) - laser cut and engrave wood medallion
  
  MANUFACTURER DOCS
• (PDF) Epilog Zing Guide (by Epilog)
• (PDF) Epilog Helix (by Epilog)
• (PDF) Zing Cleaning
• (PDF) Helix cleaning

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Mechatronics Vids

• (yvid) - Helix laser cutting
• (yvid) - Ultimaker 3D print (wind turbine time lapse)
• (yvid) - Amatrol Tabletop Mechatronics System (PLC trainer)
• (yvid) - Fanuc LR Mate 200iD/4S Robot Arm
• (yvid) - Fanuc robot battery demo

AutoCAD (acad)

• (PDF) - AutoCAD handout
• (yvid, 0:04) - margin errors (dwg to pdf)
• (0:11) - AutoCAD 1
• (0:11) - AutoCAD 2
• (0:09) - Tolerances, leader changes
  
  Autocad projects
• (yvid :04) - AutoCAD draw bridge

Solidworks (sw)

• (PDF) - Solidworks handout
  
• (0:09) - SW set up
• (0:22) - SW intro 1
• (0:21) - SW intro 2
• (y 0:14) - Custom sheet format (smart fields)
• (pdf) - Printing in black (printer & pdf)
• (0:04) - SW tols, leaders, hole callout
  
  SW Projects
• (yc 0:09c) - angle bracket + embossed text

COL 3

Cool Stuff

• (yvid) James Bruton (cool projects!)
  
• (yvid) Mantis (Hexa-pod) (J Bruton)
  
• (yvid) Festo Robots
  

Topics

• (vid) - Encoders
• (vid) - Encoders
• (vid) - Ladder logic basics
  
  
• (vid) - Bearings

Measuring Tools

• (vid) - How to Read a Ruler
• (vid) - How to Read a Dial Caliper (by Starrett)
• (vid) - How to Read a Micrometer (by Starrett)
• (LINK) - Micrometer simulator

LINKS

ONLINE 3D MODELS

• (xx) Thingiverse
  
• (xx) GrabCAD
  
• (xx) PinShape (3D models)
  
  3D PRINTER SOFTWARE
  
• (xx) Cura slicing software (UM printers)
  
• (xx) Autotracer (free online raster to vector software)
  
  

Hobby Sites

• (xx) Arduino Homepage
  
• (xx) Parallax site
  
• (xx) MicroCenter (in Tustin)
  
• (xx) Adafruit (micro-ctrll'r stuff)
  
• (xx) Robot Shop (MCU stuff)
  
• (xx) Sparkfun (robot parts)
  
• (xx) Dimension Engineering (robotics, RC)
  
• (xx) Instructables.com (Arduino code)
  

Motor Info

• (yvid) DC Motors
  
• (yvid) DC Motors (magnetic interaction)
  
• (yvid) Brushless DC Motors
  
• (yvid) Stepper Motors
  
• (yvid) AC Motors
  
• (yvid) AC Motors (single phase)
  
• (yvid) AC Motor speed control (Jeremy Fielding)
  
• (yvid) Speed control shaded pole & PSC motors (Jeremy Fielding)
  
• (yvid) Jeremy Fielding (motor guy)
  

Boston Dynamics

• (yvid) Big Dog robot
  
• (yvid) Cheetah
  
• (yvid) Jumping Robot
  
• (yvid) Spot Mini
  
• (yvid) TED Talks (Marc Raibert)
  
• (yvid) Atlas jumping
  
• (yvid) Robot abuse
  
• (yvid) Spot mini opens door
  
• (yvid) Atlas Gymnastics
  
• (yvid) Atlas Parkour Course
  
• (yvid) How Does Atlas Work?
  
• (yvid) Evolution Boston Dynamics
  

Arduino vids

• (yvid) - Drone Workshop
  
• (yvid) - How To Mechatronics
  
• (yvid) - Jeremy Blum
  
• (yvid) - Engineering Mindset
  

Electricity

• (yvid) AC Electricity
  

Cool Projects

• (yvid) xxx
  
• (yvid) Home-made master/slave
• (yvid) Lego Robot Solves Rubics Cube
  

Col 4

Col 1

• Link 1, col 1
• NC Viewer

Col 2

• (yvid) xx
  

Col 3

• xx

Col 4