Skip to content
Snippets Groups Projects
Commit 4d3adbe9 authored by Svavar Konradsson's avatar Svavar Konradsson
Browse files

added a few teaching highlights to the index page

parent c04aa653
No related branches found
No related tags found
No related merge requests found
Pipeline #506559 passed
<style type="text/css">
.responsive {
width: 100%;
height: 0;
padding-bottom: 56.25%;
position: relative;
}
.responsive iframe {
position:absolute;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
</style>
# Svavar's Fab Academy Journey <a href='https://gitlab.fabcloud.org/academany/fabacademy/2023/labs/isafjordur/students/svavar-konradsson/-/blob/main/docs/index.md?plain=1' title='View Page Source'><img src='https://fabacademy.org/2023/labs/isafjordur/students/svavar-konradsson/assignments/images/file-eye-outline.svg' alt='View Page Source' /></a>
![Svavar Konráðsson](images/svavar_electronics.jpg){: style="width:100%"}
......@@ -108,11 +122,29 @@ I've set up [Iceland's first Pre Fab course](https://www.fabisa.is/N%C3%A1msefni
I've also been scratching my head over how [Tom Dubick](http://archive.fabacademy.org/2016/charlottelatin/students/999/about.html) takes a cohort of high school students through the Fab Academy every year. We need at least one Tom in every country. I noticed in his students' documentation that they go through a short Pre Fab course before starting the Fab Academy. So I thought it couldn't hurt to try it here, too.
## Free software
I'm trying my hand at [distilling CAD principles](https://www.fabisa.is/N%C3%A1msefni/Pre-Fab/5-tolvuteikning/) in the style of [Neil's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gershenfeld) one minute videos:
<video controls width=100% autoplay muted loop>
<source src="https://www.fabisa.is/N%C3%A1msefni/Pre-Fab/images/coincident-constraint.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>
## Teaching in Ísafjörður
One of my robots giving a student a sip of water from a glass:
<div class="responsive">
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/goFWMVis_qk?si=L_z0H7xXgv48x0fV" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div>
[Beehive axes](https://gitlab.cba.mit.edu/quentinbolsee/beehive-axes) by [Quentin Bolsée](https://fabacademy.org/2020/labs/ulb/students/quentin-bolsee/), controlled by a [modular-thing](https://github.com/modular-things/modular-things):
<div class="responsive">
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1KhVkb1dx50?si=TQTe-WEP4CAHXRti" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div>
Free and open source software is a part of the culture of Fab Labs.
### CAD
I used to be prejudiced against free and open source engineering software, but [I changed my mind during the Fab Academy](https://fabacademy.org/2023/labs/isafjordur/students/svavar-konradsson/assignments/week02.html#on-free-and-open-source-engineering-software). Now I [teach CAD using Ondsel ES](https://fab-lab-island.github.io/FLI_Boot_Camp_2024/projects/ondsel/), using the Part workbench (which I find simpler and more powerful than Part Design) and the Laser Cut Interlocking workbench:
I used to be prejudiced against free and open source engineering software, but [I changed my mind during the Fab Academy](https://fabacademy.org/2023/labs/isafjordur/students/svavar-konradsson/assignments/week02.html#on-free-and-open-source-engineering-software). Now [I teach CAD using Ondsel ES](https://fab-lab-island.github.io/FLI_Boot_Camp_2024/projects/ondsel/), using the Part workbench (which I find simpler and more powerful than Part Design) and the Laser Cut Interlocking workbench.
[![Ondsel CAD lessons](images/ondsel-lessons.jpg){: style="width:100%"}](https://www.youtube.com/@FabLabIsa/videos)*The LCInterlocking workbench is great for CNC milling and laser cutting interlocking parts, but it lacks parametric input and a few other things. Since this workbench hasn't been maintained for a few years, I'm considering forking it and learning enough Python to make the necessary changes (when I have the time!).*
......@@ -122,13 +154,19 @@ I received a group of primary school students who were interested in 3D printing
![Primary school work in Ondsel ES](https://www.fabisa.is/N%C3%A1msefni/Grunnskoli/images/ondsel-primary-school.gif)
I'm also enjoying [distilling CAD principles](https://www.fabisa.is/N%C3%A1msefni/Pre-Fab/5-tolvuteikning/) for the Pre Fab course:
When I realized that Ondsel/FreeCAD is a capable CAD program, I no longer needed Windows. So I've been daily driving Linux Mint since March of 2024 ([my settings](https://files.svavar.cc/computers/thinkpad/)) and Þórarinn joined me this fall. Mint is the friendliest distro, without sacrificing any power or compatibility.
<video controls width=100% autoplay muted loop>
<source src="https://www.fabisa.is/N%C3%A1msefni/Pre-Fab/images/coincident-constraint.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>
### Boards in progress
When I realized that Ondsel/FreeCAD is a capable CAD program, I no longer needed Windows. So I've been daily driving Linux Mint since March of 2024 ([my settings](https://files.svavar.cc/computers/thinkpad/)) and Þórarinn joined me this fall. Mint is the friendliest distro, without sacrificing any power or compatibility.
I'm working on a soldering exercise for the primary school kids who come to the lab and want to try some electronics:
![Hello LED USB 2](projects/images/t412/hello_led_usb_2.jpg){ :style="width:100%"}*[Development log](projects/t412.md)*
And here's a breadboard-friendly dev board with the SAMD21, my favorite microcontroller. It's got a nice analog-to-digital converter for sensors, it's quite fast and it can run CircuitPython, which my students have grown fond of. Students can make the board and use it to try out different input and output devices and pick the ones that they want to use in their final projects.
<video controls width=100%>
<source src="https://files.svavar.cc/fab/fabisa-samd21.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>
## My rune
......
......@@ -429,12 +429,36 @@
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="#free-software" class="md-nav__link">
<a href="#teaching-in-isafjorur" class="md-nav__link">
<span class="md-ellipsis">
Free software
Teaching in Ísafjörður
</span>
</a>
<nav class="md-nav" aria-label="Teaching in Ísafjörður">
<ul class="md-nav__list">
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="#cad" class="md-nav__link">
<span class="md-ellipsis">
CAD
</span>
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="#boards-in-progress" class="md-nav__link">
<span class="md-ellipsis">
Boards in progress
</span>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
......@@ -1587,12 +1611,36 @@
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="#free-software" class="md-nav__link">
<a href="#teaching-in-isafjorur" class="md-nav__link">
<span class="md-ellipsis">
Teaching in Ísafjörður
</span>
</a>
<nav class="md-nav" aria-label="Teaching in Ísafjörður">
<ul class="md-nav__list">
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="#cad" class="md-nav__link">
<span class="md-ellipsis">
CAD
</span>
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="#boards-in-progress" class="md-nav__link">
<span class="md-ellipsis">
Free software
Boards in progress
</span>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
......@@ -1619,6 +1667,20 @@
<style type="text/css">
.responsive {
width: 100%;
height: 0;
padding-bottom: 56.25%;
position: relative;
}
.responsive iframe {
position:absolute;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
</style>
<h1 id="svavars-fab-academy-journey">Svavar's Fab Academy Journey <a href='https://gitlab.fabcloud.org/academany/fabacademy/2023/labs/isafjordur/students/svavar-konradsson/-/blob/main/docs/index.md?plain=1' title='View Page Source'><img src='https://fabacademy.org/2023/labs/isafjordur/students/svavar-konradsson/assignments/images/file-eye-outline.svg' alt='View Page Source' /></a></h1>
<p><img alt="Svavar Konráðsson" src="images/svavar_electronics.jpg" style="width:100%" /></p>
<h2 id="hi">Hi</h2>
......@@ -1694,19 +1756,37 @@
<p><img :=":" alt="2024 Fab Academy Instructor Bootcamp in León" src="images/leon_2024.jpg" style="width:100%" /><em>The 2024 Fab Academy Instructor Bootcamp in León, Spain. My contributions: <a href="https://academany.fabcloud.io/fabacademy/2024/bootcamp-instructors/workshops/BLDC-Modular-Thing/">BLDC Modular Thing</a> and <a href="https://academany.fabcloud.io/fabacademy/2024/bootcamp-instructors/workshops/Chat-with-your-repo/">Chat with your repo</a>. Image from <a href="https://www.fablabs.io/labs/vestmannaeyjar">Frosti Gíslason</a>.</em></p>
<p>I've set up <a href="https://www.fabisa.is/N%C3%A1msefni/Pre-Fab/0-yfirlit/">Iceland's first Pre Fab course</a> (you'll need to translate that page). I think it's essential that prospective Fab Academy students try a few things before starting the course itself, so that they know what they're getting into! Before I started the Fab Academy, <a href="https://fabacademy.org/archives/2015/eu/students/gunnarsson.thorarinn_b.b/about.html">Þórarinn</a> taught me to mill on the ShopBot, <a href="http://archive.fabacademy.org/fabacademy2016/fablabreykjavik/students/272/index.html">Hafliði</a> walked me through making a simple capacitive sensor and <a href="https://fabacademy.org/2022/labs/isafjordur/students/arni-bjornsson/about/">Árni</a> helped me set up a website. It was unplanned and informal, but it helped me a lot. </p>
<p>I've also been scratching my head over how <a href="http://archive.fabacademy.org/2016/charlottelatin/students/999/about.html">Tom Dubick</a> takes a cohort of high school students through the Fab Academy every year. We need at least one Tom in every country. I noticed in his students' documentation that they go through a short Pre Fab course before starting the Fab Academy. So I thought it couldn't hurt to try it here, too.</p>
<h2 id="free-software">Free software</h2>
<p>Free and open source software is a part of the culture of Fab Labs.</p>
<p>I used to be prejudiced against free and open source engineering software, but <a href="https://fabacademy.org/2023/labs/isafjordur/students/svavar-konradsson/assignments/week02.html#on-free-and-open-source-engineering-software">I changed my mind during the Fab Academy</a>. Now I <a href="https://fab-lab-island.github.io/FLI_Boot_Camp_2024/projects/ondsel/">teach CAD using Ondsel ES</a>, using the Part workbench (which I find simpler and more powerful than Part Design) and the Laser Cut Interlocking workbench:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@FabLabIsa/videos"><img alt="Ondsel CAD lessons" src="images/ondsel-lessons.jpg" style="width:100%" /></a><em>The LCInterlocking workbench is great for CNC milling and laser cutting interlocking parts, but it lacks parametric input and a few other things. Since this workbench hasn't been maintained for a few years, I'm considering forking it and learning enough Python to make the necessary changes (when I have the time!).</em> </p>
<p><img alt="CNC furniture" src="images/cnc-furniture.jpg" style="width:100%" /><em>Part of the furniture that my students made in the fall of 2024.</em></p>
<p>I received a group of primary school students who were interested in 3D printing, so I showed them TinkerCAD and asked if they had email addresses to sign up. Some did, some couldn't remember, so instead of TinkerCAD I opened up the Part workbench in Ondsel and showed them how to make basic shapes, resize and move them to assemble what they wanted. After a little less than two hours, they had produced this:</p>
<p><img alt="Primary school work in Ondsel ES" src="https://www.fabisa.is/N%C3%A1msefni/Grunnskoli/images/ondsel-primary-school.gif" /></p>
<p>I'm also enjoying <a href="https://www.fabisa.is/N%C3%A1msefni/Pre-Fab/5-tolvuteikning/">distilling CAD principles</a> for the Pre Fab course:</p>
<p>I'm trying my hand at <a href="https://www.fabisa.is/N%C3%A1msefni/Pre-Fab/5-tolvuteikning/">distilling CAD principles</a> in the style of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gershenfeld">Neil's</a> one minute videos:</p>
<video controls width=100% autoplay muted loop>
<source src="https://www.fabisa.is/N%C3%A1msefni/Pre-Fab/images/coincident-constraint.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>
<h2 id="teaching-in-isafjorur">Teaching in Ísafjörður</h2>
<p>One of my robots giving a student a sip of water from a glass:</p>
<div class="responsive">
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/goFWMVis_qk?si=L_z0H7xXgv48x0fV" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div>
<p><a href="https://gitlab.cba.mit.edu/quentinbolsee/beehive-axes">Beehive axes</a> by <a href="https://fabacademy.org/2020/labs/ulb/students/quentin-bolsee/">Quentin Bolsée</a>, controlled by a <a href="https://github.com/modular-things/modular-things">modular-thing</a>:</p>
<div class="responsive">
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1KhVkb1dx50?si=TQTe-WEP4CAHXRti" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div>
<h3 id="cad">CAD</h3>
<p>I used to be prejudiced against free and open source engineering software, but <a href="https://fabacademy.org/2023/labs/isafjordur/students/svavar-konradsson/assignments/week02.html#on-free-and-open-source-engineering-software">I changed my mind during the Fab Academy</a>. Now <a href="https://fab-lab-island.github.io/FLI_Boot_Camp_2024/projects/ondsel/">I teach CAD using Ondsel ES</a>, using the Part workbench (which I find simpler and more powerful than Part Design) and the Laser Cut Interlocking workbench.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@FabLabIsa/videos"><img alt="Ondsel CAD lessons" src="images/ondsel-lessons.jpg" style="width:100%" /></a><em>The LCInterlocking workbench is great for CNC milling and laser cutting interlocking parts, but it lacks parametric input and a few other things. Since this workbench hasn't been maintained for a few years, I'm considering forking it and learning enough Python to make the necessary changes (when I have the time!).</em> </p>
<p><img alt="CNC furniture" src="images/cnc-furniture.jpg" style="width:100%" /><em>Part of the furniture that my students made in the fall of 2024.</em></p>
<p>I received a group of primary school students who were interested in 3D printing, so I showed them TinkerCAD and asked if they had email addresses to sign up. Some did, some couldn't remember, so instead of TinkerCAD I opened up the Part workbench in Ondsel and showed them how to make basic shapes, resize and move them to assemble what they wanted. After a little less than two hours, they had produced this:</p>
<p><img alt="Primary school work in Ondsel ES" src="https://www.fabisa.is/N%C3%A1msefni/Grunnskoli/images/ondsel-primary-school.gif" /></p>
<p>When I realized that Ondsel/FreeCAD is a capable CAD program, I no longer needed Windows. So I've been daily driving Linux Mint since March of 2024 (<a href="https://files.svavar.cc/computers/thinkpad/">my settings</a>) and Þórarinn joined me this fall. Mint is the friendliest distro, without sacrificing any power or compatibility.</p>
<h3 id="boards-in-progress">Boards in progress</h3>
<p>I'm working on a soldering exercise for the primary school kids who come to the lab and want to try some electronics:</p>
<p><img :style="width:100%" alt="Hello LED USB 2" src="projects/images/t412/hello_led_usb_2.jpg" /><em><a href="projects/t412.html">Development log</a></em></p>
<p>And here's a breadboard-friendly dev board with the SAMD21, my favorite microcontroller. It's got a nice analog-to-digital converter for sensors, it's quite fast and it can run CircuitPython, which my students have grown fond of. Students can make the board and use it to try out different input and output devices and pick the ones that they want to use in their final projects.</p>
<video controls width=100%>
<source src="https://files.svavar.cc/fab/fabisa-samd21.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>
<h2 id="my-rune">My rune</h2>
<p align="center">
<img src="images/SK_logo_transparent.svg" width="200" alt="My rune">
......
This diff is collapsed.
No preview for this file type
0% Loading or .
You are about to add 0 people to the discussion. Proceed with caution.
Finish editing this message first!
Please register or to comment