Mechanical

Culmination - Another try

With the mechanical aspects of the device now complete, and the motors subassembly parts now machined - it is once again time to put the...

Aayush Wadehra

Mar 26, 20211 min read

With the new plan in mind we set out to purchase the required threaded rods, and motors. The threaded rods came in six foot sections...

Brandon Johnson

Mar 23, 20211 min read

In order to use the new KP35FM2-035 motors, their fit had to be checked to ensure that they would //fit into the existing footprint of...

Brandon Johnson

Mar 17, 20211 min read

With the realization that the locking mechanism was not going to be working as intended, a significant redesign was required. We turned...

Aayush Wadehra

Mar 14, 20212 min read

With the pixel assembly in full swing and the electrical testing progressing nicely, the next major step was to put together the outer...

Aayush Wadehra

Mar 7, 20211 min read

The NEMA motor will be used to lift all of the pixels to the maximum height then slowly lower them while the locking motors lock the...

Brandon Johnson

Mar 3, 20211 min read

As of last week, we have officially made all of 'Pixel-Legs' we could out of our initial laser cuts. There were a few rejects due to...

Aayush Wadehra

Feb 21, 20211 min read

After assembling the first five test pixels, we realized that it would be quite a tedious and difficult process to assemble one hundred...

Brandon Johnson

Feb 14, 20211 min read

Quickly after placing our laser cutting request, our parts were ready for pickup from the WATiMake lab on the University of Waterloo...

Eric Pye

Feb 6, 20211 min read

To begin building, the first step would be cutting all of our recently-acquired acrylic to appropriate sizes and shapes. Before we set...

Aayush Wadehra

Jan 29, 20211 min read