Classes

3D Solid modeling

Reading

• https://urish.medium.com/designing-3d-printable-mechanisms-in-openscad-5838dcb65b39
• Guide to mastering OpenSCAD
• A New Era for Mechanical CAD: Time to move forward from decades-old design
• Awesome mechanical engineering resources
• Parametric CAD modeling for open source scientific hardware: Comparing OpenSCAD and FreeCAD Python scripts
• Simple tool for creating polyhedrons in openscad

Lesson plan

• Introduction to the Replimat CAD stack(s)
  • CSG and solid primitives
  • Boolean operations
  • 2D drawing with constraints and extrusion
  • OpenSCAD
  • NopSCADlib

Digital electronics

Tools

• PulseView

Reading

• Creating a PCB in Everything

Lesson plan

• lithography and etching
• purpose of a jumper

References

• AR STEM Labs Alektra electronics simulation

Power electronics

• Battery electric solar power systems

Integrated circuit design

Tools

• ICEStudio

Reading

• FPGA Design Elements
• RAPcores github

3D Printing and CNC machining

Reading

• Guerilla Guide To CNC Machining, Mold Making, And Resin Casting

Lesson plan

• Why CNC? An Introduction
• introduction to 3D printing
  • processes
  • design criteria
    • overhangs
    • delamination and through-hole orientation
    • sharp corners
  • toolpath generation with FreeCAD
    • import mesh
    • part workbench
    • part->create shape from mesh
    • path workbench
    • create path object
    • post-process the selected job

References

• 100k garages
• eMachineShop

Firmware development w/ C++, Rust

Reading

• 3D Math Primer for Graphics and Game Development
• Floating Point Visually Explained
• Algorithms for Modern Hardware
• Beej's Guide to Network Programming
• Beej's Guide to Unix Interprocess Communication
• A Little C With Your Rust
• A Little Rust With Your C
• Learn Effective C++ for Embedded
• YouTube: No Boilerplate
• GitHub: Awesome Rust

Lesson plan

• introduction to the AVR microcontroller
  • datasheet
  • avr-libc memory layout
  • arduino (avr-gcc, avrdude, IDE - wiring / processing)
    • building an arduino on a breadboard
  • electronics block diagram
• maslow's pyramid of code review
• introduction to RepRap lineage firmwares
  • firmware block diagram
  • gcode parsing - marlin_main.cpp
  • motion planning - planner.cpp
  • stepper driving - stepper.cpp
  • time domains / block buffer
  • GPIO Pins
  • timers
  • interrupts
  • signal generation

Computer troubleshooting and repair

Reading

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• The Linux Documentation Project
• Linux From Scratch
• Computer Hardware Chart
• BIOS and UEFI
• smartmontools (smartctl -a), badblocks / memtest86+
• Linux startup process
• Smart Boot Manager
• Data recovery resources
• PiKVM
• Linux ELF program startup
• An Intro To Finding Things In Linux
• Stanford.edu: CS101
• Welcome to Linux command line for you and me!
• Infographics

Toolkit

• USB <-> Hard drive adapter
• Multimeter
• A Port 80 card for diagnosing POST problems
• a pre-configured, ready to launch, kernel compile (best memory test ever)
• PhotoRec - recover files without needing to recover partitions
• TestDisk - recover partitions & files
• gparted - create, copy, edit, resize, and delete partitions graphically
• ddrescue
• dmidecode
• flashrom
• Etherboot/gpxe, iSCSI, ATAoE
• kvm, libvirt, virt-manager
• Ventoy multi-boot USB disk