Empowerment Through Open Hardware by Kee Wee Deng
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This document provides an overview of Kee Wee Teng's personal introduction and interests, and a presentation on empowerment through open source hardware. Kee Wee Teng works for the Ministry of Defence and is also an organizer for FOSSASIA, educator, and inventor with interests in digital fabrication machines, training, and hardware development. The presentation discusses how open source hardware and digital fabrication tools can empower people by making hardware development more accessible and affordable, allowing people to build customized products and develop new skills and tools. Examples of digital fabrication tools that can be built include 3D printers, laser cutters, and CNC mills, and these tools expand capabilities for prototyping and manufacturing a variety of possible products.
Empowerment Through Open Hardware by Kee Wee Deng
- 1. Personal Introduction ● Kee Wee Teng, Aka “KIWI” ● Full-time – Ministry of Defence ● Personal-time – FOSSASIA Organiser Singapore – Educator – Inventor ● Area of Interests – Digital Fabrication Machines – Training and Education – Hardware Development
- 2. 2/17 Presentation Overview Empowerment Through Open Source Open Source Hardware, Open Source Software Digital Fabrication Tools Design & Development DIY Laser Cutter DIY 3D Printer DIY CNC Digital Hardware Product Design & Development Product Design tools eg. Solidworks Product Development Tools & Methodologies Product Implementation Product certifications and production
- 3. 3/17 Empowerment Through Open Source Hardware By: KIWI
- 4. 4/17 Objectives ● To share an overview of how Open Source Hardware can benefit you ● Provide direction to further your interests in this area ● To inspire you!
- 5. 5/17 Scope ● Introduction to Open Source Hardware ● Evolving Your Skills and Tools ● Products and Possibilities ● Resource Compass ● Q&A
- 6. 6/17 Introduction to Open Source Hardware ● The Big Picture – Design, build and market Hardware product is costly and is traditionally limited to large cooperation – With the advent of open source hardware and software, digital fabrication tools, crowdfunding and E-marketing platforms – Hardware start-ups is now within your reach.
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- 8. 8/17 Introduction to Open Source Hardware ● What is Open Source Hardware? – Open-source Mechanical drawings, schematics, bill-of-material ● RepRap 3D printer designs ● Sources: Instructables, GitHub, RepRap forum etc – Open electronics design (PCB layout, HDL source code, IC layout) ● Arduino MCUs ● Spark-fun electronics ● Raspberry Pi Mirco computer – No Copyrights
- 9. 9/17 Introduction to Open Hardware ● Why Open Source Hardware? – Just like Open Source Software, it promote learning and promote rapid design evolution and adaptation – Make it possible for you to design and build your own hardware Powered by Raspberry PiPowered by Raspberry Pi Powered by ArdunioPowered by Ardunio DIY Desktop Arcade Machine DIY Laser Engraver
- 10. 10/17 Introduction to Open Hardware ● How Open Source Hardware Can Empower You? – Made it possible for you to build your own customised “hardware” at low-cost – Accelerate your learning to acquire the necessary skills and knowledge to build your own harware product – It is possible to build-up your own capabilities to be self-reliant ● Build your own manufacturing tools ● Build your own products ● Evolve your skills and tools
- 11. 11/17 Products Capabilities Development: Tools & Skill CNC Mill Laser Cutter 3D Printer Sounds too Good to be True?
- 12. 12/17 Capabilities Development DIY 3D Printers DIY Laser Cutter DIY CNC Mill
- 13. 13/17 Products & Possibilities ● Products – Increase your productivity – Home manufactured goods – Customised goods – Viable business model ● Possibilities – Build your own prototypes ● Faster, cheaper, less risky – Make hardware start-ups more accessible – Develop new tools to expand your capabilities – Limited only by your imaginations!!
- 14. 14/17 Resource Compass ● Knowledge Resource – On-line – Reprap forum, CNC forum, Instructables, Youtube, Github, Thingiverse ….Just “Google” ;) – Events - FOSSASIA – Peer-to-peer sharing ● Hands-on learning – Fab lab/maker space – Schools/institutes – Workshop – FOSSASIA – Trial and error!
- 15. 15/17 Resource Compass ● Material Resource – Local hardware supply – Recycle & Re-purpose – Ebay, Alibaba/Taobao, Amazon
- 16. 16/17 Resource Compass ● Basic Digital Fabrication Components – Typical CNC body setup ● Ramp1.4 + Arduino Mega ● Stepper motors: Nema 17 ● Limit switches ● GT2 Belt Drives ● Linear rails – your choice ● DC power supply
- 17. 17/17 Questions?