Mechcircuit Sistema de Prototipado Interactivo de Weijia Lin and Shuyue Feng

O deseño Mechcircuit Sistema de Prototipado Interactivo de Weijia Lin and Shuyue Feng é un estimado gañador do moi prestixioso 2023 A' Design Award de Prata na Categoría de Competición Enxeñaría de Produto e Deseño Técnico.

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Mechcircuit Sistema de Prototipado Interactivo

de Weijia Lin and Shuyue Feng

Cliente: Zhejiang University

Gañador do A' Design Award de Prata na Categoría Enxeñaría

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O Deseño

Sobre Mechcircuit Sistema de Prototipado Interactivo

Mechcircuit é un sistema de prototipado para dispositivos interactivos que combinan circuítos electrónicos e estruturas mecánicas. Os imáns de neodimio son á vez magnéticos e condutores, polo que funcionan tanto como articulacións móbiles coma como conexións eléctricas. Os movementos rotatorios e lineais conséguense sen pezas mecánicas tradicionais. O cableado e a soldadura substitúense por imáns e ranuras cortadas a láser, de xeito que as pezas se conectan e cambian rapidamente. Os prototipos córtanse a partir de láminas de acrílico de 2 mm, e a tinta condutora de prata forma os circuítos. O software de deseño asistido por ordenador ofrece soporte a usuarios non expertos.

O Recoñecemento

Sobre o A' Design Award de Prata

Mechcircuit Sistema de Prototipado Interactivo gañou o A' Design Award de Prata, un recoñecemento enormemente prestixioso outorgado a deseños de gama alta, fermosos e impresionantes. Os gañadores Prata son obras tremendamente brillantes e sumamente creativas que ilustran a pericia, o talento e a agudeza sobresaíntes dos seus deseñadores. Espérase que Mechcircuit Sistema de Prototipado Interactivo sexa unha obra marabillosa, escaparate de oficio, notablemente profesional e profundamente innovadora. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Prata é unha invención moi notable e admirada que beneficia e fai avanzar os límites da arte, a ciencia, o deseño e a tecnoloxía. Mechcircuit Sistema de Prototipado Interactivo é unha creación moi envexada que esperta desexos, achega sentimentos positivos e prende asombro e marabilla.

Detrás do deseño

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Créditos, membros do equipo e detalles técnicos proporcionados polo deseñador.

Propiedades Únicas: Mechcircuit enables non-expert users to design and fabricate interactive prototypes with electronic circuits and mechanical structures. Users can achieve mechanical functions like rotary and linear without using traditional mechanical parts. Meanwhile, instead of involving complicated operations like wiring and soldering in conventional electronic circuits, Mechcircuit applies magnetism and laser-cut slots to connect the components, making connecting and replacing quick and easy.
Dimensións e Embalaxe: Mechcircuit uses acrylic sheets with a thickness of 2mm. Usually the prototype is no smaller than 10mmX10mmX5mm. the size of the prototype varies depending on the actual design.
Etiquetas: Interaction Design, Magnetoelectric Materials, Prototyping, Computational Aided Design
Tecnoloxía de Produción: Taking advantage of the fact that rubidium magnets are both magnetic and conductive, we have designed mechanical structures with magnets. It is much easier to design and assemble than the traditional mechanical structure. At the same time the mechanical structure is still interactive. To facilitate user design and generation, we have developed computer-aided design software. The software integrates various modules for user-friendly prototyping. We used a commercial grade laser cutter for cutting and processing and conductive silver ink for the circuitry.
Reto de Deseño: Mechcircuit wanted to integrate the design of structures and circuits, while simplifying the design and manufacturing process. It was challenging to use a different design and fabrication approach than traditional ones and to use materials that were readily available. Based on several attempts, we finally chose rubidium magnets as the magnetoelectric material and used conductive silver ink paint to replace the traditional Dupont wire.
Investigación: Mechcircuit leverage the neodymium magnet’s natures of magnetism and conductivity to integrate electronics and mechanical structure joints into prototypes. We conduct the evaluation to explore technological parameters and assess the practical feasibility of the fabrication pipeline. And we organized a user-observing workshop for non-expert users. Through the outcoming prototypes, the result demonstrates the feasibility of Mechcircuit as a useful and inspiring prototyping method.
Inspiración: In prototyping, the design of electronic circuits and the design of mechanical structures are often carried out separately. In addition, the electronic circuitry and the mechanical structure also affect the prototype's styling. This makes the design often not optimal.
Duración do Proxecto: The project starts in July 2022 and ends in December 2022 at the School of Software, Zhejiang University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China
Fluxo de Operacións: The mechanical structure composed of magnets allows the user to design and assemble easily. As the user manipulates the structure, the circuit signals change. The user can interact with the circuit by manipulating the structure.
Patentes: All photos/videos are from Shuyue Feng, Department of Industrial Design, School of Software, Zhejiang University
Membros do Equipo: Weijia Lin
Shuyue Feng
Jiayu Yao
Jiayi Ma
Masulani Bokola
Ziyu Fang
Guanyun Wang
Cheng Yao