Mechcircuit Systema Prototyporum Interactivum ab Weijia Lin and Shuyue Feng

Opus Mechcircuit Systema Prototyporum Interactivum a designatore Weijia Lin and Shuyue Feng est victor maxime honoratus praemii praestigiosissimi 2023 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Categoria Certaminis Ars Ingeniaria.

ArgentumArs Ingeniaria· 2023

Mechcircuit Systema Prototyporum Interactivum

a Weijia Lin and Shuyue Feng

Cliens: Zhejiang University

Victor praemii Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Categoria Ars Ingeniaria

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Designum

De Mechcircuit Systema Prototyporum Interactivum

Mechcircuit est systema prototypis creandis destinatum ad instrumenta interactiva quae circuitus electronicos et structuras mechanicas coniungunt. Magnetes neodymii et magnetici et conductivi sunt, itaque simul ut articuli mobiles et ut coniunctiones electricae inserviunt. Motus rotatorii et lineares sine partibus mechanicis traditis efficiuntur. Fila et ferruminatio magnetibus et incisuris laser sectis substituuntur, ita ut partes celeriter coniungantur et mutentur. Prototypa e laminis acrylicis duorum millimetrorum secantur, et atramentum argenteum conductivum circuitus format. Programmata designationis computatro adiutae usoribus imperitis auxilium praebent.

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De Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum

Mechcircuit Systema Prototyporum Interactivum victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Mechcircuit Systema Prototyporum Interactivum opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. Mechcircuit Systema Prototyporum Interactivum creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.

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Merita, sodales gregis et singula technica a designatore praebita.

Proprietates Singulares: 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.
Dimensiones et Involucrum: 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.
Notulae: Interaction Design, Magnetoelectric Materials, Prototyping, Computational Aided Design
Technologia Productionis: 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.
Provocatio Designandi: 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.
Investigatio: 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.
Inspiratio: 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.
Duratio Operis: The project starts in July 2022 and ends in December 2022 at the School of Software, Zhejiang University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China
Cursus Operationis: 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
Membra Turmae: Weijia Lin
Shuyue Feng
Jiayu Yao
Jiayi Ma
Masulani Bokola
Ziyu Fang
Guanyun Wang
Cheng Yao