Mechcircuit Faiga o Faʻataʻitaʻiga Fegalegaleaʻi e Weijia Lin and Shuyue Feng

O le mamanu Mechcircuit Faiga o Faʻataʻitaʻiga Fegalegaleaʻi e Weijia Lin and Shuyue Feng o se manumalo maualuga tele o le fa'ailoga mamalu 2023 A' Design Award Ario i le Vaega Tauva Mamanu Inisinia.

ArioInisinia· 2023

Mechcircuit Faiga o Faʻataʻitaʻiga Fegalegaleaʻi

na mamanuina e Weijia Lin and Shuyue Feng

Tagata Fa'atau: Zhejiang University

Manumalo o le A' Design Award Ario i le Vaega Inisinia

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Manumalo Fa'ailoga Fa'amaonia

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Va'ai i le A' Design Award Fa'asalalauga Pailesi o le Fa'ailoga

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Le Mamanu

E Uiga ia Mechcircuit Faiga o Faʻataʻitaʻiga Fegalegaleaʻi

O le Mechcircuit o se faiga faʻataʻitaʻiga mo masini fegalegaleaʻi e tuʻufaʻatasia ai matagaluega eletise ma fausaga faʻainisinia. O maneta neodymium e maneta ma e feaveaʻi foʻi le eletise, o lea la e avea ai i latou o sooga feʻaveaʻi ma sooga eletise. E maua le gaioiga faataamilo ma le gaioiga saʻo e aunoa ma vaega faʻainisinia masani. O le uaea ma le faʻapipiʻi apa e suia i maneta ma avanoa tipi i le laser, o lea e vave ai ona fesootaʻi ma suia vaega. O faʻataʻitaʻiga e tipi mai laupepa acrylic e 2 mm le mafiafia, ma o le vaitusi siliva e feaveaʻi le eletise e fausia ai matagaluega eletise. O polokalame mamanu e fesoasoani ai le komepiuta e lagolagoina ai tagata faʻaaogā e lē o ni tagata tomai faapitoa.

Le Fa'ailogaina

E Uiga i le A' Design Award Ario

O le A' Design Award Ario na manumalo ai Mechcircuit Faiga o Faʻataʻitaʻiga Fegalegaleaʻi, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu sili ona lelei, matagofie ma mataʻutia. O ē manumalo i le Ario o galuega susulu tele ma fatufatuaʻi e faaalia ai le poto, le taleni ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Mechcircuit Faiga o Faʻataʻitaʻiga Fegalegaleaʻi e avea ma galuega matagofie, o se fesuiaiga mo isi, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou loloto. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Ario o se mea e iloga, ua mataʻina e aogā ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Mechcircuit Faiga o Faʻataʻitaʻiga Fegalegaleaʻi o se mea e fiafia i ai le toatele, e fafagu ai manaʻoga, aumaia ai lagona lelei ma tupu ai le ofo.

I Tua o le Mamanu

Pepa Fa'asalalau

Fa'amaoniaga, sui o le 'au ma fa'amatalaga fa'atekinisi na saunia e le tagata mamanu.

Uiga Fa'apitoa: 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.
Fua & Fa'apipi'i: 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.
Fa'ailoga: Interaction Design, Magnetoelectric Materials, Prototyping, Computational Aided Design
Tekonolosi Gaosiga: 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.
Lu'itau o le Mamanu: 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.
Su'esu'ega: 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.
Fa'aosofia: 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.
Umi o le Poloketi: The project starts in July 2022 and ends in December 2022 at the School of Software, Zhejiang University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China
Fa'agasologa o Galuega: 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.
Pateni: All photos/videos are from Shuyue Feng, Department of Industrial Design, School of Software, Zhejiang University
Sui o le 'Au: Weijia Lin
Shuyue Feng
Jiayu Yao
Jiayi Ma
Masulani Bokola
Ziyu Fang
Guanyun Wang
Cheng Yao