This week I focused on ordering final components needed to complete the demo. In addition, I started sending 3D prints to TechSpark to be completed. I continued to work on the CAD for other aspects of the design. I altered our design a little bit. Instead of a cam rotating to act as the “printing” mechanism, I moved to change this to a circle with a small cut out. By making it a circle instead of a cam, I hope to keep the design more balenced and easier to design and print out.
We are on track for our goals of what we want to show for the demo. By the end of this week, I hope to have the servos running with the RaspberryPi and a completed first mock-up of the embosser.