MIT Mechanical Engineering
Praj hasn’t gotten around to finishing a write-up for this page yet. Check back later! Weber EG1 inspired 😉 Design Fabrication Motor Assembly Spindle Assembly Spindle Housing Hollow Shaft Preload Spring Spindle Pulley Mounting Assembly Mounting Block Columns Column Interface Blocks Base Plates Cup Burr Housing Assembly Interface/Seal Plate Burr Housing Spout Spout Interface Static …
A backpack-sized personal vehicle I got another project grant to build a tiny little skateboard. Longboards, especially electric ones, are long for good reasons. I knew this in my heart and yet I was entranced by the allure of a small and portable personal transport vehicle. Carrying around or having to find a place for …
Now you see me… now you don’t This is a offshoot of another consumer device project linked below. Check this out if you’d like a little more context. Background The above project involved a ring of individually addressable LEDs that would act as indicator lights for a user. To maintain a clean look, I wanted …
Mostly making things look nice I was in a product design course a little while ago and my team had decided to develop an over-the-counter therapeutic device for home usage. I was in charge of developing the electronics to make the whole thing go. The full nuanced details and background of the device are not …
A bit of fun with sound and structures One of the assignments in my design studio class this semester was to develop a single-person-scale enclosure of some sort. I’ve been kinda interested in sound ever since I started that portable synth projects, so I decided to pursue something in that area. Background and Concept The …
A Quickie! I had my radiator turned up a little too high the other day, and I ended up having a weird little fever dream where I was screwing around with some colors. I figured this would be a nice thing to have in real life Design So I needed something small-ish that could change …
17 November 2020 Update The boards are here, and they look awesome! Let’s start soldering. Power Supply First I always start with the power supply section first (as should you) so I can make sure all the voltages being delivered around the board are correct. This is to avoid potentially damaging the microcontrollers and other …
Funky fresh tech 20 October 2020 Update So it’s been a while… I got a little busy with school for a couple of months but my schedule has lightened up a little so I’m hoping I can jump right back in. The functional prototype from the last two parts served its purpose in helping me …
Let’s get this party started This page focuses on the physical hardware and software development of my first working prototype of this Teensy-based synthesizer. If you want to know more about the specifics of the device I’m developing here and the design process up until now, check out Part 1 of this project! 8 August …
(Eventually) Open Source! This project will be a little different than the other ones on this site, because I expect this to be an ongoing, experiment-driven exploration rather than a more directed build like I usually do. On this page, I’ll keep track of the progress of the development of this device from an idea …