Open Source Ecology - User contributions [en]

Rebecca Rojer

2012-06-25T07:03:59Z

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Rebecca Rojer Dedicated Project Visit Application

2012-06-01T00:37:52Z

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Rebecca Rojer Dedicated Project Visit Application

2012-06-01T00:37:32Z

Rrrojer:

== Why are you applying? ==
''How did you hear about the program? Why are you applying for a Dedicated Project Visit? Why are you interested in our work?''

I heard about Open Source Ecology from my former boss at [http://creativecommons.org Creative Commons], [http://rejon.org Jon Phillips]. I was telling him about my growing interest in small-scale, sustainable farming and he sent me the link to OSE. I spent some time on the website & watching the videos, and was very intrigued.

As someone with a long standing interest in open source & DIY, and a more recent interest in farming, OSE interests me on many levels. I am frustrated by the common perception that organic farming is inherently regressive and anti-technology. There is no reason that "progress" should mean dependence on fossil fuels and soil degradation, and the concentration of power and resources into a small handful of huge corporations. Some of today's most successful organic farmers owe their methods to recent technological innovation, from portable electric fences to lightweight plastics used in hoop-houses. Technology is a tool, not a solution, and it is up to people to choose and use their tools responsibly. So the Global Village Construction Set is exciting to me: a set of open-source tools designed with the intention of making small-scale farming more affordable and resilient.

I am applying for a Dedicated Project Visit because I want to help the project succeed. Documentation is key to any open source project and GVCS's success will in part be determined by making the fabrication instructions clear & accessible. As a filmmaker I think I could aid in the documentation efforts, and if I happen to learn something about fabrication and farming along the way, that would be a great perk.

== Skills ==
''Describe practical skills you may have - from agriculture, workshop, industry, organizing, hands-on, CAD, manufacturing, computer skills, etc.''

'''Filmmaking:''' writing, editing, filming, producing & animation.

'''Design:''' webdesign (html/css, Wordpress & Drupal), graphics/illustration (photoshop/gimp, Illustrator/Inkscape) & layout

'''Kitchen:''' cooking (including for large groups), kitchen managing & bulk food buying for communal kitchens

'''Organizing:''' event organizing, meeting facilitation, press releases

== Have you designed and built or produced anything for your own use? ==
Not really, unless you count my [http://rrrojer.net website].

== Which of your skills are particularly relevant towards creating the GVCS?==
'' Please view the TED Talk and recent update for the latest on our approach and on-the-ground work.''

My filmmaking & storytelling skills are relevant for assisting with GVCS documentation. My design and web skills may be similarly relevant. I imagine some of my organizational/cooperative living skills could also be relevant, though in less concrete ways.

== Do you have any organizational skills and experience? ==
Yes. I led various student groups in both high school and college, produced a number of short films, and served as co-President and kitchen manager in my student co-op. All of these experiences involved coordinating dozens of people, running meetings, hosting events, securing locations, fundraising, creating and sticking to a budget, and various publicity/PR campaigns.

== Can you cook? Can you cover your food expenses? ==
I can cook and love to do so. I can cover food expenses, especially if supplemented by food produced on the farm.

== Do you have resources to support yourself while volunteering with us? ==
I have a little bit of money saved up, but not a lot. I would prefer to spend as little as possible.

== Do you have any medical, physical, or psychological conditions or disabilities which may affect your ability to do physical work? ==
I have seasonal allergies but nothing Loratadine can't handle.

== Do you have any emotional, psychological, or mental conditions which may affect your ability to act with composure and good judgment? ==
No.

== Are you easy to get along with and can you get along with other people? ==
I think so. I strive to treat everyone with empathy and respect.

== Do you have strong ideological views (political, religious, elitist, feminist, etc.)? ==
I have many strong views but they are constantly under evaluation and are revised in response to new experiences and perspectives. I like to discuss them when I find a consenting partner, and have been known to do so passionately at times.

While I'm sure many "ism"s could be associated with my views, I don't subscribe to any one particular cohesive doctrine or worldview, at least not consciously. But because it was explicitly listed, I feel compelled to say this:

I do consider myself a "feminist" in the sense that I believe women should have equal rights under the law; should earn the same amount of money as men for doing the same work and have comparable access to networks and mentorship that lead to such work; and should have agency in matters of their body and health. Out of respect for the people who fought for those rights, and as a reminder that those battles happened not too long ago and many would prefer to see them reversed, I am not so quick to drop the label "feminism" even though "humanism" would probably be equally (literally) descriptive. I do believe in gender differences, I just don't think it is the role of government to negotiate them and suspect that in most cases they are overstated.

== Are you a team player?==
''Are you a team player or someone who understands that the work we do at Factor e Farm is for a much greater purpose than for our own self-gratification, indulgence, or agenda? This implies a level of maturity in the participant which allows one to remain not only aligned with the vision, but also to remain motivated in this work.''

Yes, or at least I hope so.

== Do you smoke? ==
No.

== Do you have any dietary restrictions? Will you eat meat raised at our farm? ==
No dietary restrictions and will happily eat meat raised at the farm.

== Do you have transportation? Will you be arriving by car and leaving the car on-site? ==
I would probably arrive by plane, in which case I'd require transportation from the airport.

== Documentation is key to moving our work forward. Are you familiar with using a Wiki? ==
Yes, plenty of experience using them in student groups and at work.

== Can you work well as a pioneer under rough conditions, by taking the responsibility to create your own environment? ==
Yes, to a degree. I can camp out and "rough it", but my homesteading skills are sufficiently scant that I would probably not survive a winter if I had to rely on myself alone.

== When would you be available for a Dedicated Project Visit? ==
Beginning October 2011.

== If you are accepted and things don't work out, do you have other options to pursue after the month? ==
Yes.

== Goals & Deliverables ==
''List your goals and deliverables for your Dedicated Project Visit, breaking it up by each of the four weeks. Please write a one-page proposal brief summarizing what you would like to do, how you would accomplish it, and what resources you would need to do so. Include a budget as necessary. We are willing to pay for prototyping materials.''

=== Summary of Proposal ===
The goal of my Dedicated Project Visit is near-daily publication of video documentation. The majority of these videos would be instructional clips documenting a specific, bite-sized component of a GVCS device. My priority will be editing and publishing material culled from existing footage, only shooting pickup material as needed to fill in the gaps. I will aim for a rate of one micro-instructional a day for five days a week, hopefully picking up speed as I get practice. These will be embedded on the appropriate wiki page.

I will also put together a weekly video update documenting what happens each week at Factor-e. I will shoot material throughout the week and then cut the highlights into a short, engaging & tightly edited video. I will post the video on the blog at a regular time each week so True Fans can follow our progress and see how their donations are being used.

If I maintain a regular publication schedule for the first 3-4 weeks of my stay, the final week will be spent on producing 1-2 scripted, promotional videos. These would be intended to complement, rather then replicate, the excellent [[GVCS_in_2_Minutes | explainer videos]], which already do a great job of introducing the OSE & GVCS. My goal would be to use humor or emotion to both reach new eyes (and direct them towards the explainer videos) and to implore those already familiar with OSE to become [[True Fans]]. The goal is standalone videos with have the potential to go viral, something that people will blog and post on their friends' facebook walls. One strategy could be to target specific communities/demographics (reddit, slow food movement, recent college grads etc.) that may not yet be aware of OSE but might be friendly & generous once informed.

Possible subjects include:
* Spoof "ads" for the machines in the [[OSE_Christmas_Gift_to_the_World_2011]]
* Informative but playful "How To Fabricate" video series. This would cover the absolute basics -- tool overview, lab safety, etc.
* Short philosophical pieces about resilience and sustainability. One could be targeted towards environmentalists, another towards over-educated and under-employed/-skilled twenty-somethings, another towards survivalists/zombie-apocalypse/doomsday types.

'''Methods'''

Each week would begin with a meeting with Marcin and any interested project managers to discuss documentation needs. 5-10 instructional topics would be determined, as would interesting filming opportunities, such as a big harvest or new construction. Pre-existing footage would be discussed and new shoots would be scheduled/coordinated with the relevant parties.

The rest of the week would be spent shooting, editing & publishing. A sample day would look as follows:

# Write script/storyboard - 15min - 1 hrs.
# Consult with Marcin or applicable project manager for technical correctness - 15min - 1hr.
# Shoot footage or pull selects from the archives, record voiceover - 1-4 hrs
# Edit - 4-6 hrs
# Upload daily

If a daily schedule is maintained for 4 weeks, for the final week I would like to have the option to work on 1 or 2 bigger pieces in lieu of the daily video. This would likely be a more scripted, promotional video targeted towards recruiting more supporters.

=== Weekly Deliverable Schedule ===

'''Weeks 1-4:'''
# Weekly Schedule outlining video topics & shoot days (anything that require coordination with other people)
# 5 micro-instructionals
# 1 weekly update Video

'''Week 5:'''
# Weekly Schedule
# 1-2 scripted, promotional videos geared towards recruiting new [[True Fans]].

Note: This is an ideal schedule and may prove to be too ambitious. As currently planned, each day I would take a project from start to finish: write-shoot-edit. However if the result is unsatisfactory, it may make sense to lower the target to 4 videos/week and try to concentrate like activity. The first day of the week would be spent writing all four scripts & shooting, and then the remaining four days spent exclusively editing. This way there would be less time wasted context-switching.

=== Resources Required & Budget ===
Now that nearly every phone is equipped with a camera, it's possible to make video with nearly no gear. However, a decent camera, some mics and a tripod can make a huge difference in quality. It's important that these videos be legible. Sound in particular should not be overlooked.

Eventually, it may make sense for OSE to invest in a low end professional camera package (described in detail below). I have to do more research, but I imagine this could be had for $1000-$2000, maybe less if purchased used. For our immediate purposes, any decent prosumer camcorder will do so long as we pair it with a good sound recorder & mic set. A tripod would also go a long way.

#'''Pro Camera Package''' I could work with much less gear, but this is a pretty standard setup for solo documentary work.
##'''Camera''' - HD isn't a requirement, especially since we're shooting for web and will have limited storage space/processing power. I would highly recommend getting a camera w/ stereo input (for external microphones). $500-$1500, depending on whether or not you buy used. Could probably get even cheaper used if you don't bother with HD as many have upgraded, so should not be difficult to find a professional SD camera on the second hand market. I will bring a passable camera with me.
##'''Spare Batteries''' - price depends on the camera, we'd want a couple extra.
##'''Sound Recorder''' - Probably a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_H2_Handy_Recorder Zoom Recorder] - to record voiceover, field sound, and even sync sound (via slate). ~$140
##'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun_mic#Shotgun Shotgun Mic]''' - Directional mic to mount on top of camera as well as to record voice over. ~$100-$400.
##'''Tripod''' - Does not need to be of super high quality, just something to keep the camera fixed. Could probably get something decent for under ~$100. I will borrow one for my stay.
##'''Table Tripod''' - Cute portable tripod that mounts on a tabletop or straps to a pole. Already own, will bring.
##'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavalier_microphone Lavalier Mic]''' - A small wireless mic that clips to speaker's clothes. Very useful if you are shooting at a distance, especially in a place with lots of background noise (wind, machines, etc). Not super necessary, but will be handy to have eventually. ~$100-$400, wide variance in quality.
##'''Wind Screen/Muff''' - Foam or fuzzy cover for shotgun mic to help reduce wind noise. Very much worth the investment. ~$25-$50
##'''Case''' - water resistant case to store camera & accessories ~$75, may be included in used camera package.
# '''Media & Storage''' - depending on what the camera records to (mini-dv, flash card, etc.), enough media to record 15-20hrs of media, as well as ample hard drive space. ~$200
#'''Computer & Software''' - I can provide my own laptop, editing software, and external monitor.
#'''Generator''' - would be great if I had access to a generator but don't know of anyone I could borrow one from.

== Are you willing to publish all the results of your work openly, and to make any of your contributions open source, consistent with our goal of creating Distributive Enterprise? ==
Yes.

== How does your proposed work contribute to the creation of the GVCS? ==
A surge of video documentation would help others to replicate the GVCS remotely and generate enthusiasm among supporters.

== What are the metrics by which you could assess the success of your work?==
Number of videos published, number of views each video receives, and comments left on the videos.

[[Category:Dedicated Project Visits]]

Shuttleworth Fellowship Application

2011-11-01T23:14:37Z

Rrrojer:

=Shuttleworth Fellowship Application - Marcin Jakubowski=

Bio – link to Resume - [[Marcin_Jakubowski_Resume]]

Marcin Jakubowski came to the U.S. from Poland as a child. He graduated with honors from Princeton and earned his Ph.D. in fusion physics from the University of Wisconsin, before shifting direction and starting a hydroponic vegetable farm. He then began his education from scratch, and in 2003 he founded Open Source Ecology in order to make closed-loop manufacturing a reality. At his research and training facility, Factor e Farm in rural Missouri, he is developing the Global Village Construction Set and has since become an international leader in open source hardware.

TED Talk – 4 min - http://www.ted.com/talks/marcin_jakubowski.html

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GVCS Kickstarter – 3 min - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/622508883/global-village-construction-set

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Personal Intro – 3 min -

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[[Transcript of Felowship Application Intro Video]]

=4 Application Questions=

'''Describe the world as it is.''' (a description of the status quo and context in which you will be working)

The status quo is an economic system based on artificial material scarcity. This is defined as a general global condition, where in the abundance of material and energy resources (rocks, plants, sunlight) in the absolute sense, humans fail to distribute and utilize these resources effectively or ethically to meet human needs within the constraints of natural life support systems. This promotes geopolitical compromise - which continues to manifest as resource conflicts, material deprivation such as hunger and poverty, corruption, and a general tendency of competitive waste to compromise genuine human progress.

'''What change do you want to make?''' (a description of what you want to change about the status quo, in the world, your personal vision for this area)

My program for addressing the above issues involves open-sourcing of material production. We are addressing this currently by developing the 50 GVCS technologies for creating infrastructures of small scale civilizations with modern comforts. I am committed to removing material scarcity as the underlying force driving human relations, personal and political – by making access to material security a universal human condition, as opposed to a privilege enjoyed by the few today. I am doing this by demonstrating this first-hand: living a life of post-scarcity. By developing enabling tools, I would like to demonstrate that advanced civilization can be build on the scale of any land parcel, using its local resources – starting with me and a community that I build as the guinea pig. By developing open source tools and techniques, I would like to make ethical living the norm, not the exception. This option has deep economic implications post-scarcity economics - where a repository of open design fuels distributed, flexible, digital fabrication on an equal playing field where everyone has access to the best design. I am interested in developing the next economy - in the form of distributive economic systems based on open source principles. I would like to create the Ubuntu of open hardware as the means.

'''What do you want to explore?''' (a description of the innovations or questions you would like to explore during the fellowship year)

To this end, we're building the GVCS as the enabling tools – a high performance, open source toolkit sufficient to create complete economies. This will be in preparation for my next step, taken on from 2013 – testing these tools - by determining whether a modern standard of living can be achieved by using these tools at a required work load of 2 hours per day. This will be tested on a community of Dunbar's number in size, and real data points will be generated on the feasibility of applying all knowledge of humanity to date for the purpose of creating sustainable settlements as a foundation for genuine human progress towards cultural advancement where people gain a higher level of fulfillment and meaning in their lives.

'''What are you going to do to get there?''' (a description of what you actually plan to do during the year)

Exterior construction on our fabrication workshop & living space will end November 15, with interior finishing continuing through early December, such that the enabling workshop and living infrastructure is secured for next year's on-site production and prototyping. To begin the development of the 50 product releases by December 21, 2012, I will secure $540 of investment by January 1, 2012 - private donations (~$50k), nonprofit sector (~$150k), product presales (~$100k), angel investors (~$100k), investors (~$100k).

The $540k will fund a rapid deployment program of 13 further product releases by April 1, 2012 as shown in my introductory video. This will take the total number of product releases to 17 by April 1, 2012.

With 17 product releases by April 1, 2012, we will recruit 4 full time fabricators for that date, and 4 more by July 1, 2012. We anticipate scaling from $5k/person/month to $20k – for total monthly bootstrap earnings of $20k by April 1, and $80k by July 1.

4 OSE Fellows will join us on March 1, and 4 more on June 1. Fellows will develop 8 more product releases by year-end, bringing the total number of product releases to 25. Prototypes will be developed by OSE Fellows who will work with an average budget of $15k per product (approximately $5k per prototype).

On March 1, a full time farmer, and a full time builder, and an operations manager will arrive on site. If we succeed on the Shuttleworth Fellowship, we will allot a $100k budget for the farmer and $150k budget for the builder. The builder will construct additional infrastructure so that we can bring on 4 more OSE Fellows by June 1 and 12 full-time documenters by September 1.

We aim to fund the Fellows via the nonprofit sector. We aim to fund the farmer, builder, and operations manager via production earnings if the Shuttleworth Fellowship doesn't come through.

We aim to fund the rest of the 25 prototypes via unsolicited donations from entrepreneurs interested in access to low cost, high power equipment for their enterprise. Thus, each quarter will yield 12 new product releases for 48 total by year-end, and the GVCS will be completed in that time. I will serve as project manager for 12 projects at one time, with an expected budget of $2M for 2012. Going into full speed in September, 2011, the Documentation team will publish all results, designs, and techniques, to produce Civilization Starter Kit DVD v1.0 on December 21, 2011. Any additional funding beyong the $2M will be allocated to documentation and is expected to be on the order of $1M - for Sep 1 – Dec 21, 2012, with DVD v1.0 release on December 21, 2012, with refinements made on a continuous basis.

Documentation/Video

2011-10-26T00:13:32Z

Rrrojer: /* Completed Instructional Videos */

= Overview =

See [[/Best Practices | Video Documentation Best Practices]] for a guide to creating video documentation.

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== Instructional Videos To-Do ==

= Accounts =

* Vimeo - [http://vimeo.com/user2016419 Open Source Ecology]
* Youtube - [http://www.youtube.com/user/marcinose marcin_ose]
* Archive.org - [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22open%20source%20ecology%22 open source ecology]

Documentation/Video

2011-10-26T00:13:18Z

Rrrojer: /* Completed Instructional Videos */

= Overview =

See [[/Best Practices | Video Documentation Best Practices]] for a guide to creating video documentation.

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Read the [[Documentation/Video/Scripts | Transcripts of Video Documentation]].

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|LifeTrac Valves
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|[[Documentation/Video/Scripts/LifeTrac II/Valves | script]]
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|CEB Press Controller Box
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|OSE Instructional Procedure
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|OSE_01
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|CEB Press Controller Box - LED Soldering
|[http://vimeo.com/30576131 vimeo]
|[http://www.archive.org/details/CebPressControllerBox-LedSoldering archive]
|[[Documentation/Video/Scripts/CEB Press/Controllerbox LED Soldering | script]]
|OSE_02
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|LifeTrac All Terrain Tracks - Fab and Assembly
|[http://vimeo.com/30354026 vimeo]
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|LifeTrac Wheel Assembly
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|LifeTrac Frame Construction
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|Power Cube Intro
|[http://vimeo.com/29562529 vimeo]
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== Instructional Videos To-Do ==

= Accounts =

* Vimeo - [http://vimeo.com/user2016419 Open Source Ecology]
* Youtube - [http://www.youtube.com/user/marcinose marcin_ose]
* Archive.org - [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22open%20source%20ecology%22 open source ecology]

Documentation/Video

2011-10-26T00:12:52Z

Rrrojer: /* Completed Instructional Videos */

= Overview =

See [[/Best Practices | Video Documentation Best Practices]] for a guide to creating video documentation.

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Read the [[Documentation/Video/Scripts | Transcripts of Video Documentation]].

= Completed Instructional Videos =
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|[[Documentation/Video/Scripts/LifeTrac II/Valves | script]]
|OSE_02
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|CEB Press Controller Box
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|[[Documentation/Video/Scripts/CEB Press/Controllerbox | script]]
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|OSE Instructional Procedure
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|OSE_01
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|CEB Press Controller Box - LED Soldering
|[http://vimeo.com/30576131 vimeo]
|[http://www.archive.org/details/CebPressControllerBox-LedSoldering | vimeo]
|[[Documentation/Video/Scripts/CEB Press/Controllerbox LED Soldering | script]]
|OSE_02
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|LifeTrac All Terrain Tracks - Fab and Assembly
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|LifeTrac Wheel Assembly
|[http://vimeo.com/30152906 vimeo]
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|OSE_01
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|LifeTrac Frame Construction
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|Power Cube Intro
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|OSE_01
|-
|CEB Press Sensor Construction
|[http://vimeo.com/29466230 vimeo]
|[http://www.archive.org/details/CebPressSensorConstructionInstructional archive.org]
|
|OSE_01
|-
|}

== Instructional Videos To-Do ==

= Accounts =

* Vimeo - [http://vimeo.com/user2016419 Open Source Ecology]
* Youtube - [http://www.youtube.com/user/marcinose marcin_ose]
* Archive.org - [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22open%20source%20ecology%22 open source ecology]

Documentation/Video

2011-10-26T00:12:10Z

Rrrojer: /* Completed Instructional Videos */

= Overview =

See [[/Best Practices | Video Documentation Best Practices]] for a guide to creating video documentation.

<html>
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/30652795?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe>
</html>

Read the [[Documentation/Video/Scripts | Transcripts of Video Documentation]].

= Completed Instructional Videos =
{|border="1" cellpadding="10"
! Video
! Stream
! Download
! Transcript
! Project Files Drive
|-
|LifeTrac Valves
|[http://vimeo.com/31095686 vimeo]
|[http://www.archive.org/details/LifetracValves archive.org]
|[[Documentation/Video/Scripts/LifeTrac II/Valves | script]]
|OSE_02
|-
|CEB Press Controller Box
|[http://vimeo.com/30768723 vimeo]
|
|[[Documentation/Video/Scripts/CEB Press/Controllerbox | script]]
|OSE_02
|-
|OSE Instructional Procedure
|[http://vimeo.com/30652795 vimeo]
|
|
|OSE_01
|-
|CEB Press Controller Box - LED Soldering
|[http://vimeo.com/30576131 vimeo]
|[http://www.archive.org/details/CebPressControllerBox-LedSoldering | vimeo]]
|[[Documentation/Video/Scripts/CEB Press/Controllerbox LED Soldering | script]]
|OSE_02
|-
|LifeTrac All Terrain Tracks - Fab and Assembly
|[http://vimeo.com/30354026 vimeo]
|
|OSE_01
|-
|LifeTrac All Terrain Tracks - Fab and Assembly
|[http://vimeo.com/30354026 vimeo]
|
|
|OSE_01
|-
|LifeTrac Wheel Assembly
|[http://vimeo.com/30152906 vimeo]
|
|
|OSE_01
|-
|LifeTrac Frame Construction
|[http://vimeo.com/29845279 vimeo]
|
|
|OSE_01
|-
|Power Cube Intro
|[http://vimeo.com/29562529 vimeo]
|
|
|OSE_01
|-
|CEB Press Sensor Construction
|[http://vimeo.com/29466230 vimeo]
|[http://www.archive.org/details/CebPressSensorConstructionInstructional archive.org]
|
|OSE_01
|-
|}

== Instructional Videos To-Do ==

= Accounts =

* Vimeo - [http://vimeo.com/user2016419 Open Source Ecology]
* Youtube - [http://www.youtube.com/user/marcinose marcin_ose]
* Archive.org - [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22open%20source%20ecology%22 open source ecology]

Documentation/Video

2011-10-26T00:11:21Z

Rrrojer: /* Completed Instructional Videos */

= Overview =

See [[/Best Practices | Video Documentation Best Practices]] for a guide to creating video documentation.

<html>
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/30652795?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe>
</html>

Read the [[Documentation/Video/Scripts | Transcripts of Video Documentation]].

= Completed Instructional Videos =
{|border="1" cellpadding="10"
! Video
! Stream
! Download
! Transcript
! Project Files Drive
|-
|LifeTrac Valves
|[http://vimeo.com/31095686 vimeo]
|[http://www.archive.org/details/LifetracValves archive.org]
|[[Documentation/Video/Scripts/LifeTrac II/Valves | script]]
|OSE_02
|-
|CEB Press Controller Box
|[http://vimeo.com/30768723 vimeo]
|
|[[Documentation/Video/Scripts/CEB Press/Controllerbox | script]]
|OSE_02
|-
|OSE Instructional Procedure
|[http://vimeo.com/30652795 vimeo]
|
|OSE_01
|-
|CEB Press Controller Box - LED Soldering
|[http://vimeo.com/30576131 vimeo]
|[http://www.archive.org/details/CebPressControllerBox-LedSoldering | vimeo]]
|[[Documentation/Video/Scripts/CEB Press/Controllerbox LED Soldering | script]]
|OSE_02
|-
|LifeTrac All Terrain Tracks - Fab and Assembly
|[http://vimeo.com/30354026 vimeo]
|
|OSE_01
|-
|LifeTrac All Terrain Tracks - Fab and Assembly
|[http://vimeo.com/30354026 vimeo]
|
|OSE_01
|-
|LifeTrac Wheel Assembly
|[http://vimeo.com/30152906 vimeo]
|
|
|OSE_01
|-
|LifeTrac Frame Construction
|[http://vimeo.com/29845279 vimeo]
|
|
|OSE_01
|-
|Power Cube Intro
|[http://vimeo.com/29562529 vimeo]
|
|
|OSE_01
|-
|CEB Press Sensor Construction
|[http://vimeo.com/29466230 vimeo]
|[http://www.archive.org/details/CebPressSensorConstructionInstructional archive.org]
|
|OSE_01
|-
|}

== Instructional Videos To-Do ==

= Accounts =

* Vimeo - [http://vimeo.com/user2016419 Open Source Ecology]
* Youtube - [http://www.youtube.com/user/marcinose marcin_ose]
* Archive.org - [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22open%20source%20ecology%22 open source ecology]

Documentation/Video

2011-10-26T00:09:01Z

Rrrojer: /* Completed Instructional Videos */

= Overview =

See [[/Best Practices | Video Documentation Best Practices]] for a guide to creating video documentation.

<html>
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/30652795?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe>
</html>

Read the [[Documentation/Video/Scripts | Transcripts of Video Documentation]].

= Completed Instructional Videos =
{|border="1" cellpadding="10"
! Video
! Stream
! Download
! Transcript
! Project Files Location
|-
|LifeTrac Valves
|[http://vimeo.com/31095686 vimeo]
|[http://www.archive.org/details/LifetracValves archive.org]
|[[Documentation/Video/Scripts/LifeTrac II/Valves | script]]
|-
|CEB Press Controller Box
|[http://vimeo.com/30768723 vimeo]
|
|[[Documentation/Video/Scripts/CEB Press/Controllerbox | script]]
|OSE_02
|-
|OSE Instructional Procedure
|[http://vimeo.com/30652795 vimeo]
|
|OSE_01
|-
|CEB Press Controller Box - LED Soldering
|[http://vimeo.com/30576131 vimeo]
|[http://www.archive.org/details/CebPressControllerBox-LedSoldering | vimeo]]
|[[Documentation/Video/Scripts/CEB Press/Controllerbox LED Soldering | script]]
|OSE_02
|-
|LifeTrac All Terrain Tracks - Fab and Assembly
|[http://vimeo.com/30354026 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|LifeTrac All Terrain Tracks - Fab and Assembly
|[http://vimeo.com/30354026 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|LifeTrac Wheel Assembly
|[http://vimeo.com/30152906 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|LifeTrac Frame Construction
|[http://vimeo.com/29845279 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|Power Cube Intro
|[http://vimeo.com/29562529 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|CEB Press Sensor Construction
|[http://vimeo.com/29466230 vimeo]
|[http://www.archive.org/details/CebPressSensorConstructionInstructional archive.org]
|
|-
|}

== Instructional Videos To-Do ==

= Accounts =

* Vimeo - [http://vimeo.com/user2016419 Open Source Ecology]
* Youtube - [http://www.youtube.com/user/marcinose marcin_ose]
* Archive.org - [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22open%20source%20ecology%22 open source ecology]

Documentation/Video

2011-10-25T21:54:25Z

Rrrojer: /* Completed Instructional Videos */

= Overview =

See [[/Best Practices | Video Documentation Best Practices]] for a guide to creating video documentation.

<html>
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/30652795?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe>
</html>

Read the [[Documentation/Video/Scripts | Transcripts of Video Documentation]].

= Completed Instructional Videos =
{|border="1" cellpadding="10"
! Video
! Stream
! Download
! Transcript
|-
|LifeTrac Valves
|[http://vimeo.com/31095686 vimeo]
|[http://www.archive.org/details/LifetracValves archive.org]
|[[Documentation/Video/Scripts/LifeTrac II/Valves | script]]
|-
|CEB Press Controller Box
|[http://vimeo.com/30768723 vimeo]
|
|[[Documentation/Video/Scripts/CEB Press/Controllerbox | script]]
|-
|OSE Instructional Procedure
|[http://vimeo.com/30652795 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|CEB Press Controller Box - LED Soldering
|[http://vimeo.com/30576131 vimeo]
|
|[[Documentation/Video/Scripts/CEB Press/Controllerbox LED Soldering | script]]
|-
|LifeTrac All Terrain Tracks - Fab and Assembly
|[http://vimeo.com/30354026 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|LifeTrac All Terrain Tracks - Fab and Assembly
|[http://vimeo.com/30354026 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|LifeTrac Wheel Assembly
|[http://vimeo.com/30152906 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|LifeTrac Frame Construction
|[http://vimeo.com/29845279 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|Power Cube Intro
|[http://vimeo.com/29562529 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|CEB Press Sensor Construction
|[http://vimeo.com/29466230 vimeo]
|[http://www.archive.org/details/CebPressSensorConstructionInstructional archive.org]
|
|-
|}

== Instructional Videos To-Do ==

= Accounts =

* Vimeo - [http://vimeo.com/user2016419 Open Source Ecology]
* Youtube - [http://www.youtube.com/user/marcinose marcin_ose]
* Archive.org - [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22open%20source%20ecology%22 open source ecology]

Documentation/Video

2011-10-25T21:52:55Z

Rrrojer: /* Completed Instructional Videos */

= Overview =

See [[/Best Practices | Video Documentation Best Practices]] for a guide to creating video documentation.

<html>
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/30652795?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe>
</html>

Read the [[Documentation/Video/Scripts | Transcripts of Video Documentation]].

= Completed Instructional Videos =
{|
! Video
! Stream
! Download
! Transcript
|-
|LifeTrac Valves
|[http://vimeo.com/31095686 vimeo]
|[http://www.archive.org/details/LifetracValves archive.org]
|[[Documentation/Video/Scripts/LifeTrac II/Valves | script]]
|-
|CEB Press Controller Box
|[http://vimeo.com/30768723 vimeo]
|
|[[Documentation/Video/Scripts/CEB Press/Controllerbox | script]]
|-
|OSE Instructional Procedure
|[http://vimeo.com/30652795 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|CEB Press Controller Box - LED Soldering
|[http://vimeo.com/30576131 vimeo]
|
|[[Documentation/Video/Scripts/CEB Press/Controllerbox LED Soldering | script]]
|-
|LifeTrac All Terrain Tracks - Fab and Assembly
|[http://vimeo.com/30354026 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|LifeTrac All Terrain Tracks - Fab and Assembly
|[http://vimeo.com/30354026 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|LifeTrac Wheel Assembly
|[http://vimeo.com/30152906 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|LifeTrac Frame Construction
|[http://vimeo.com/29845279 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|Power Cube Intro
|[http://vimeo.com/29562529 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|CEB Press Sensor Construction
|[http://vimeo.com/29466230 vimeo]
|[http://www.archive.org/details/CebPressSensorConstructionInstructional archive.org]
|
|-
|}

== Instructional Videos To-Do ==

= Accounts =

* Vimeo - [http://vimeo.com/user2016419 Open Source Ecology]
* Youtube - [http://www.youtube.com/user/marcinose marcin_ose]
* Archive.org - [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22open%20source%20ecology%22 open source ecology]

Documentation/Video

2011-10-25T21:52:22Z

Rrrojer: /* Completed Instructional Videos */

= Overview =

See [[/Best Practices | Video Documentation Best Practices]] for a guide to creating video documentation.

<html>
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/30652795?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe>
</html>

Read the [[Documentation/Video/Scripts | Transcripts of Video Documentation]].

= Completed Instructional Videos =
{|
! Video
! Stream
! Download
! Transcript
|-
|LifeTrac Valves
|[http://vimeo.com/31095686 vimeo]
|[http://www.archive.org/details/LifetracValves archive.org]
|[[Documentation/Video/Scripts/LifeTrac/Valves | script]]
|-
|CEB Press Controller Box
|[http://vimeo.com/30768723 vimeo]
|
|[[Documentation/Video/Scripts/CEB Press/Controllerbox | script]]
|-
|OSE Instructional Procedure
|[http://vimeo.com/30652795 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|CEB Press Controller Box - LED Soldering
|[http://vimeo.com/30576131 vimeo]
|
|[[Documentation/Video/Scripts/CEB Press/Controllerbox LED Soldering | script]]
|-
|LifeTrac All Terrain Tracks - Fab and Assembly
|[http://vimeo.com/30354026 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|LifeTrac All Terrain Tracks - Fab and Assembly
|[http://vimeo.com/30354026 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|LifeTrac Wheel Assembly
|[http://vimeo.com/30152906 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|LifeTrac Frame Construction
|[http://vimeo.com/29845279 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|Power Cube Intro
|[http://vimeo.com/29562529 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|CEB Press Sensor Construction
|[http://vimeo.com/29466230 vimeo]
|[http://www.archive.org/details/CebPressSensorConstructionInstructional archive.org]
|
|-
|}

== Instructional Videos To-Do ==

= Accounts =

* Vimeo - [http://vimeo.com/user2016419 Open Source Ecology]
* Youtube - [http://www.youtube.com/user/marcinose marcin_ose]
* Archive.org - [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22open%20source%20ecology%22 open source ecology]

Documentation/Video

2011-10-25T21:51:40Z

Rrrojer: /* Completed Instructional Videos */

= Overview =

See [[/Best Practices | Video Documentation Best Practices]] for a guide to creating video documentation.

<html>
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/30652795?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe>
</html>

Read the [[Documentation/Video/Scripts | Transcripts of Video Documentation]].

= Completed Instructional Videos =
{|
! Video
! Stream
! Download
! Transcript
|-
|LifeTrac Valves
|[http://vimeo.com/31095686 vimeo]
|[http://www.archive.org/details/LifetracValves archive.org]
|[[Scripts/LifeTrac/Valves | script]]
|-
|CEB Press Controller Box
|[http://vimeo.com/30768723 vimeo]
|
|[[Scripts/CEB Press/Controllerbox | script]]
|-
|OSE Instructional Procedure
|[http://vimeo.com/30652795 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|CEB Press Controller Box - LED Soldering
|[http://vimeo.com/30576131 vimeo]
|
|[[Scripts/CEB Press/Controllerbox LED Soldering | script]]
|-
|LifeTrac All Terrain Tracks - Fab and Assembly
|[http://vimeo.com/30354026 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|LifeTrac All Terrain Tracks - Fab and Assembly
|[http://vimeo.com/30354026 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|LifeTrac Wheel Assembly
|[http://vimeo.com/30152906 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|LifeTrac Frame Construction
|[http://vimeo.com/29845279 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|Power Cube Intro
|[http://vimeo.com/29562529 vimeo]
|
|
|-
|CEB Press Sensor Construction
|[http://vimeo.com/29466230 vimeo]
|[http://www.archive.org/details/CebPressSensorConstructionInstructional archive.org]
|
|-
|}

== Instructional Videos To-Do ==

= Accounts =

* Vimeo - [http://vimeo.com/user2016419 Open Source Ecology]
* Youtube - [http://www.youtube.com/user/marcinose marcin_ose]
* Archive.org - [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22open%20source%20ecology%22 open source ecology]

Documentation/Video

2011-10-25T21:43:16Z

Rrrojer: /* Completed Instructional Videos */

Documentation/Video/Scripts/LifeTrac II/Valves

2011-10-25T21:34:59Z

Rrrojer:

[[Category:Scripts]]

The LifeTrac is a hydraulically-driven tractor with modular engine units, the Power Cubes. The Power Cubes produce hydraulic fluid that flows through hoses, where the hoses are effectively the power transmission system. Each hose can handle up to 50 horsepower. Valves control the flow of the fluid. The fluid power does the work, moving the wheels and arms of the tractor.

There are two sets of valves: the wheel valves and the cylinder valves.

The valves are all designed for hypermodularity. Valves are detachable through convenient quick-connects, enabling you to easily use valves on other GVCS machines such as the bulldozer and drillpress, thereby reducing overall infrastructure costs.

=Mounting the Wheel Valves=

The wheel valves are connected to the LifeTrac frame with a bolt and a quick connect coupler.

The wheel valves are welded to a mounting plate with a 3/4" nut and bolt hole, which corresponds to a bolt hole on the LifeTrac valve mounting bar. To attach, you will need a 3/4 x 1.5" bolt, a washer, and a lock washer.

First, orient the valve unit and snap into the quick coupler.

To fit, couplers must be perfectly aligned. If your couplers are misaligned, use a wrench to loosen the cylinder valve to allow play. Align the couplers, snap in, and then re-tighten the bolt.

Next, insert the bolt and washers, and tighten. The levers on the valve unit move up and down, so ensure the unit is high enough to clear the mounting bar. The bolt should go as high as possible so that the levers don't hit the mounting bar.

=Connecting Hoses=

To connect a hose to a valve, insert the hose into the valve work port swivels and tighten with a wrench. If quick couplers are used, all you need to do is snap in the hose quick coupler into the corresponding quick coupler on the valve.

Going from left to right, from the perspective of the driver's seat, we have the following work ports on the valves:

For the wheel valve, the left pair controls the left tractor wheels. The center pair of outlets controls the right tractor wheels. The right pair is for auxiliary power, allowing you to power GVCS machines such as the CEB Press and Sawmill with quick connect hoses.

On the left wheel side, the top hose connects to the bottom left connection of the hydraulic motor. The bottom hose connects to the upper right connection of the hydraulic motor.

On the right wheel side, the top hose connects to the bottom right connection of the hydraulic motor. The bottom hose connects to the upper left connection of the hydraulic motor.

For the cylinder valve, the left work ports raise the arms. The right work ports control the bucket.

=Connecting the Powercubes=

The Lifetrac runs off two Power Cubes. The power cube hoses plug into quick-connect inlet ports on the left hand side of the tractor. Note that the source of the power is the male coupler, and the receiving part is the female coupler. Simply insert the hose into the inlet port to connect.

Fluid power returns to the Power Cube via return lines, located on the right side of the tractor. Simply insert the hoses into the outlet port and connect to the power cubes. Note also that there is a small third line - a case drain - running from the wheel motors. Connect this hose into the small return line coupler, located in front of the return line filter, on the bottom Power Cube.

=Checking & Setting the Pressure=

To avoid damage to motors, set the pressure between 1500-3000psi as needed. We are currently reworking the couplers because they broke, and we may end up using motors with splined shafts, as those couplers are stronger.

To set the pressure, remove the cap from the pressure adjustment. Use a wrench to loosen the bolt. To increase the pressure, tighten the bolt by screwing clockwise; to lower the pressure, loosen by screwing counter-clockwise. With the tractor on, press down the lever attached to the pressure gauge.

This completes the connection of valves to motors, cylinders, and Power Cubes, but not the details on coupling multiple power cubes to each other and to the tractor.

Documentation/Video

2011-10-23T19:28:06Z

Rrrojer: /* Overview */

Documentation/Video

2011-10-22T19:55:41Z

Rrrojer: /* Accounts */

= Overview =

See [[Video Documentation Best Practices]] for a guide to creating video documentation.

<html>
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/30652795?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe>
</html>

Read the [[Documentation/Video/Scripts | Transcripts of Video Documentation]].

= Completed Instructional Videos =

== Instructional Videos To-Do ==

= Accounts =

* Vimeo - [http://vimeo.com/user2016419 Open Source Ecology]
* Youtube - [http://www.youtube.com/user/marcinose marcin_ose]
* Archive.org - [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22open%20source%20ecology%22 open source ecology]

Documentation/Video

2011-10-22T19:54:57Z

Rrrojer:

Documentation/Video/Drives

2011-10-22T18:05:01Z

Rrrojer: Created page with " ==OSE_01== Contains Ian_Midgley's Footage # Raw Footage ## Ian Flip Video ## Ian XDCAM Video # FCP Files ==OSE_02==..."

==OSE_01==
Contains [[Ian_Midgley]]'s Footage
# Raw Footage
## Ian Flip Video
## [[Documentation/Video/Drives/OSE_01/Ian XDCAM Video | Ian XDCAM Video]]
# FCP Files

==OSE_02==
Contains [[Rebecca_Rojer]]'s Raw Footage & Project File Archives
# Raw Footage
# Project Files
## [http://vimeo.com/30768723 CEB Controller Box Wiring Instructional]
## [http://vimeo.com/30660860 True Fans Update 10/16/2011]
## [http://vimeo.com/30576131 CEB Controller Box - LED & Resistor Soldering Instructional]

Documentation/Video/Best Practices

2011-10-22T18:03:47Z

Rrrojer: /* OSE Drives */

= Writing, Shooting & Editing Instructionals =
<html>
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/30652795?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe>
</html>

= Uploading & Blogging Instructionals =
= Archiving Instructionals =
Because the GVCS is under continual revision, we should aim to keep our FCP projects archived in such a way that it is possible to open up & re-edit a project. For simplicity, let's maintain 2 separate archives:

# Raw footage
# Project File Archives

== Raw Footage Archive ==

The Raw Footage should be saved in Apple ProRes 422 at 29.97fps, and organized by date & reel. A log describing what is in each reel should be provided when possible.

The Raw Footage may just be an editor's 'Capture Scratch' Folder, though additional organization would be nice. It could alternately be a dump of a video card.

== Project File Archives ==

The Project File Archives should be created via FCP Media Manager, and include both the project files & project media (video clips, stills, music, etc.) Each project will be archived into it's own folder. This way, when down the road someone wants to update an instructional, all the material will be stored together and they won't need to search through the raw footage, spread across multiple drives, to re-connect media. There will be some redundancy as footage will be archived in multiple places (the raw archive & whatever project archives it is used in). But without a coordinated, standard way to archive files across multiple computers (requires both discipline in archiving procedures & reliable server space we don't have), this is the easiest way to ensure that video projects can be revisited and updated in the future.

The final Quicktime should also be included in the Project File Archive, and maybe in another location as well.

Instructions on how to use Media Manager to *copy* projects to an external drive:

http://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/usermanual/index.html#chapter=94%26section=10

== OSE Drives ==
# OSE_01 - Contains [[Ian_Midgley]]'s Footage
## Raw Footage
### Ian Flip Video
### [[Documentation/Video/Drives/OSE_01/Ian XDCAM Video | Ian XDCAM Video]]
## FCP Files
# OSE_02 - Contains [[Rebecca_Rojer]]'s Raw Footage & Project File Archives
## Raw Footage
## Project Files
### [http://vimeo.com/30768723 CEB Controller Box Wiring Instructional]
### [http://vimeo.com/30660860 True Fans Update 10/16/2011]
### [http://vimeo.com/30576131 CEB Controller Box - LED & Resistor Soldering Instructional]

Documentation Standards

2011-10-22T17:44:39Z

Rrrojer:

=Introduction=

June 2011 marks a point of shifting the focus to professional documentation standard development at [[Factor e Farm]]. We are at the stage that such documentation is not only indispensable for production runs at Factor e Farm, but also for replication in other places worldwide. Check our [[Fabrication Procedure Standards]].

A proposal for a GVCS documentation template is given in [[Mark J Norton/GVCS Template]].

=Documentation Standards=

We propose the following procedure for developing documentation based on prototyping work at Factor e Farm.

#Upload all media to GitHub repository [https://github.com/organizations/OSE]
#Publish detailed fabrication procedure on wiki
#Fill in with pictures, jpg of CAD files, and links to actual CAD and CAM files in file repository
#Develop an instructional video based on wiki fabrication procedure and any additional material from media FTP repository

=GVCS Documentation=

Each GVCS tool should have OSE wiki pages with sections that deal with the following:

'''Home'''
* Overview
* Detailed Description and Features
* Components
* Product Ecology
** Uses
** Creates
* Solution Statement
* Specifications
* Status
* See Also

'''Research & Development'''
* Overview
* Research
** Goals
** General Design Goals
** Features
* Advantages
* Design
* Funding
* Peer Reviews
* Experiments and Prototypes
* Experimental Results
* Prototype Notes, Observation, Etc.
* Failure Mode Analysis
* Testing Results
* Recommendations for Improvement
* See Also

'''Bill of Materials'''
* Google Docs

'''Manufacturing Instructions'''
* Prepare
** Safety
** Workspace
** Tools
** Raw Materials
* Component Fabrication
** Cut
** Drill
** Misc
* Assembly
* Programming (if any)
* Finish
** Paint
** Test

'''User's Manual'''
* Overview
* Safety Procedures and Considerations
* Operation Procedure
* Maintenance
* Breakdowns and Repair
* Assembly
* Disassembly

=Documentation at Other Locations=

As other locations come online, similar procedures should be implemented to facilitate contributions to the overall project.

=Design Designations and Document Identifiers=

As GVCS and other OSE tools mature, it will become difficult to keep documentation organized. For identification purposes, a standard design iteration naming convention is proposed. Each GVCS tool should be assigned a standard set of initials, LT for LifeTrac as an example. Product iterations (models) can be either identified as P1, P2, etc. or given a descriptive name such as Rear Mounted Engine. Thus, the current LifeTrac-2 would be referred to as a LT-P2 for documentation identification purposes. It is quite possible that several design iterations are needed within a product model, thus the third design of the LifeTrac-2 would be referred to as LT-P2-D3. The first design of the rear mounted engine could be known as LT-REM-D1.

The main point of this identifications scheme is to create a name space that allows all documentation to be grouped together for a single design iteration. Thus, the video that shows how to fabricate the back right wheel mount panel can be called "LT-REM-D1-Back-Rear-Wheel-Mount-Panel.wmv" and the related 3D CAD render could be called "LT-REM-D1-Back-Rear-Wheel-Mount-Panel=CAD-v2.png". Note that this is version 3 of the render.

==See Also==
*[[Fabrication Procedure Standards]]
*[[Development]]

=Video Documentation=
See [[Documentation/Video]]

[[Video Documentation Best Practices]]

Documentation/Video/Drives/OSE 01/Ian XDCAM Video

2011-10-22T17:39:21Z

Rrrojer:

OSE FILE TRANSFER

==89_02 - excavation==

* 5953 - excavation
* 5658
* 5667
* 5671
* 5674
* 5675
* 5677
* 5679
* 5680
* 5685 - bucket measurements
* 5689 - painting bucket
* 5693
* 5697 - hooking cube to lifetrac

==89_03==

* 5701 - torching loader arms
* 5704
* 5709 - grinding loader arms
* 5710 - loader plate
* 5711 - driving lifetrac
* 5712
* 5713 - attaching bucket
* 5714
* 5720 - welding bucket onto lifetrac plates
* 5724 - bolting on bucket
* 5726 - digging with bucket
* 5727
* 5730
* 5731
* 5740 - 5746 - attaching hoses

== 89_04 (all) - troubleshooting lifetrac connections ==

== 90_02 (all) - midnight oil - first double per cube lifetrac operation ==

== 90_03 - excavation ==

* 5791 - 5796 - excavation
* 5812 - 5819

== 91_01 (all) - lifetrac and hablab excavation ==

* 5830 - 5834 - marcin lifetrac talk
* 5835 - 5839 - excavation hablab
* 5840 - 5922 - lifetrac frame details

== 91_02 - hablab measurements and bulldozer specs ==

* 5923 - 5933
* 5935 - 5947

== 92_02 - lifetrac 1 ==

* 6025
* 6026

== 92_03 - building column forms ==

* 6034 - 6036
* 6046 - explanation of rebar in forms

== 92_04 - welding rebar forms, nighttime rebar laying and leveling forms ==

* 6053 - 6056 - welding rebar form
* 6057 - 6064 - rebar laying

== 93_02 - cuttin hay ==

* 6130

== 94_03 - lifetrac wheels ==

* 6183 - 6204
* 6207 - 6213

== 94_04 - baling talk ==

* 6219 - 6222

== 95_03 - column form concrete pour ==

* 6321 - 6367

== 95_04 - column form concrete pour ==

* 6368 - 6375

== 96_01 - baling hay an lifetrac wheel assembly ==

* 6435 - 6437 - baling
* 6438 - 6456 - wheel assembly

==96_02 - baling hay an lifetrac wheel assembly==

* 6460 - double baling
* 6456 - wheel assembly

==96_04 - loading bales==

* 6517 - 6522

==96_06 - offloading hay bales==

* 6570 - 6581

== 97_01 - marcin explanation of CEB wiring ==

* 6616 - wiring
* 6621

== 97_02 - CEB sensor mounting and lifetrac valve hack ==
* 6630 - sensor mounting
* 6639 - 6645 - valve hack

== 98_01 - seat mounting ==
* 6704 - 6707 - seat mounting

== 98_02 - CEB controller box assembly ==

* 6718 - 6754

== 100_01 - working on CEB and tractors ** ==

* 6877- 6887

== 101_02 - mounting CEB controller, LifeTrac valve hack ==

* 6995 - 6968 - Yoonseo torching
* 6989 - 6993 - valve hack

== 103_01 - lifetrac II in action ==

* 7145 - 7156

== 103_03 - hablab night form laying and concrete pour ==

* 7201-7210 - forms
* 7228 - 7237 - concrete

== 103_04 - hablab concrete pour ==

* 7238 - 7258

== 104_02 - mounting powercube ==

* 7306 - 7310

== 105_02 - true fans 10/16 and construction meeting ==

* 7372 - true fans
* 7374 - 7376 construction meeting

== 107_01 (all) - explanation of machines ==

plus FLIP CAM FOOTAGE

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2011-10-22T17:37:10Z

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OSE FILE TRANSFER

==89_02 - excavation==

5953 - excavation
5658
5667
5671
5674
5675
5677
5679
5680
5685 - bucket measurements
5689 - painting bucket
5693
5697 - hooking cube to lifetrac

==89_03==

5701 - torching loader arms
5704
5709 - grinding loader arms
5710 - loader plate
5711 - driving lifetrac
5712
5713 - attaching bucket
5714
5720 - welding bucket onto lifetrac plates
5724 - bolting on bucket
5726 - digging with bucket
5727
5730
5731
5740 - 5746 - attaching hoses

== 89_04 (all) - troubleshooting lifetrac connections ==

== 90_02 (all) - midnight oil - first double per cube lifetrac operation ==

== 90_03 - excavation ==

5791 - 5796 - excavation
5812 - 5819

== 91_01 (all) - lifetrac and hablab excavation ==

5830 - 5834 - marcin lifetrac talk
5835 - 5839 - excavation hablab
5840 - 5922 - lifetrac frame details

== 91_02 - hablab measurements and bulldozer specs ==

5923 - 5933
5935 - 5947

== 92_02 - lifetrac 1 ==

6025
6026

== 92_03 - building column forms ==

6034 - 6036
6046 - explanation of rebar in forms

== 92_04 - welding rebar forms, nighttime rebar laying and leveling forms ==

6053 - 6056 - welding rebar form
6057 - 6064 - rebar laying

== 93_02 - cuttin hay ==

6130

== 94_03 - lifetrac wheels ==

6183 - 6204
6207 - 6213

== 94_04 - baling talk ==

- 6219 - 6222

== 95_03 - column form concrete pour ==

- 6321 - 6367

== 95_04 - column form concrete pour ==

- 6368 - 6375

== 96_01 - baling hay an lifetrac wheel assembly ==

- 6435 - 6437 - baling
- 6438 - 6456 - wheel assembly

==96_02 - baling hay an lifetrac wheel assembly==

- 6460 - double baling
- 6456 - wheel assembly

==96_04 - loading bales==

6517 - 6522

==96_06 - offloading hay bales==

6570 - 6581

== 97_01 - marcin explanation of CEB wiring ==

6616 - wiring
6621

== 97_02 - CEB sensor mounting and lifetrac valve hack ==
6630 - sensor mounting
6639 - 6645 - valve hack

== 98_01 - seat mounting ==
6704 - 6707 - seat mounting

== 98_02 - CEB controller box assembly ==

6718 - 6754

== 100_01 - working on CEB and tractors ** ==

6877- 6887

== 101_02 - mounting CEB controller, LifeTrac valve hack ==

6995 - 6968 - Yoonseo torching
6989 - 6993 - valve hack

== 103_01 - lifetrac II in action ==

7145 - 7156

== 103_03 - hablab night form laying and concrete pour ==

7201-7210 - forms
7228 - 7237 - concrete

== 103_04 - hablab concrete pour ==

7238 - 7258

== 104_02 - mounting powercube ==

7306 - 7310

== 105_02 - true fans 10/16 and construction meeting ==

7372 - true fans
7374 - 7376 construction meeting

== 107_01 (all) - explanation of machines ==

plus FLIP CAM FOOTAGE

Documentation/Video/Best Practices

2011-10-22T17:33:26Z

Rrrojer: /* OSE Drives */

= Writing, Shooting & Editing Instructionals =
<html>
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/30652795?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe>
</html>

= Uploading & Blogging Instructionals =
= Archiving Instructionals =
Because the GVCS is under continual revision, we should aim to keep our FCP projects archived in such a way that it is possible to open up & re-edit a project. For simplicity, let's maintain 2 separate archives:

# Raw footage
# Project File Archives

== Raw Footage Archive ==

The Raw Footage should be saved in Apple ProRes 422 at 29.97fps, and organized by date & reel. A log describing what is in each reel should be provided when possible.

The Raw Footage may just be an editor's 'Capture Scratch' Folder, though additional organization would be nice. It could alternately be a dump of a video card.

== Project File Archives ==

The Project File Archives should be created via FCP Media Manager, and include both the project files & project media (video clips, stills, music, etc.) Each project will be archived into it's own folder. This way, when down the road someone wants to update an instructional, all the material will be stored together and they won't need to search through the raw footage, spread across multiple drives, to re-connect media. There will be some redundancy as footage will be archived in multiple places (the raw archive & whatever project archives it is used in). But without a coordinated, standard way to archive files across multiple computers (requires both discipline in archiving procedures & reliable server space we don't have), this is the easiest way to ensure that video projects can be revisited and updated in the future.

The final Quicktime should also be included in the Project File Archive, and maybe in another location as well.

Instructions on how to use Media Manager to *copy* projects to an external drive:

http://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/usermanual/index.html#chapter=94%26section=10

== OSE Drives ==
# OSE_01 - Contains [[Ian_Midgley]]'s Footage
# Raw Footage
## Ian Flip Video
## [[Documentation/Video/Drives/OSE_01/Ian XDCAM Video | Ian XDCAM Video]]
# OSE_02 - Contains [[Rebecca_Rojer]]'s Raw Footage & Project File Archives
## Raw Footage
## Project Files
### [http://vimeo.com/30768723 CEB Controller Box Wiring Instructional]
### [http://vimeo.com/30660860 True Fans Update 10/16/2011]
### [http://vimeo.com/30576131 CEB Controller Box - LED & Resistor Soldering Instructional]

Documentation/Video/Video Documentation Best Practices

2011-10-22T17:06:03Z

Rrrojer: moved Documentation/Video/Video Documentation Best Practices to Documentation/Video/Best Practices

#REDIRECT [[Documentation/Video/Best Practices]]

Documentation/Video/Best Practices

2011-10-22T17:06:03Z

Rrrojer: moved Documentation/Video/Video Documentation Best Practices to Documentation/Video/Best Practices

= Writing, Shooting & Editing Instructionals =
<html>
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/30652795?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe>
</html>

= Uploading & Blogging Instructionals =
= Archiving Instructionals =
Because the GVCS is under continual revision, we should aim to keep our FCP projects archived in such a way that it is possible to open up & re-edit a project. For simplicity, let's maintain 2 separate archives:

# Raw footage
# Project File Archives

== Raw Footage Archive ==

The Raw Footage should be saved in Apple ProRes 422 at 29.97fps, and organized by date & reel. A log describing what is in each reel should be provided when possible.

The Raw Footage may just be an editor's 'Capture Scratch' Folder, though additional organization would be nice. It could alternately be a dump of a video card.

== Project File Archives ==

The Project File Archives should be created via FCP Media Manager, and include both the project files & project media (video clips, stills, music, etc.) Each project will be archived into it's own folder. This way, when down the road someone wants to update an instructional, all the material will be stored together and they won't need to search through the raw footage, spread across multiple drives, to re-connect media. There will be some redundancy as footage will be archived in multiple places (the raw archive & whatever project archives it is used in). But without a coordinated, standard way to archive files across multiple computers (requires both discipline in archiving procedures & reliable server space we don't have), this is the easiest way to ensure that video projects can be revisited and updated in the future.

The final Quicktime should also be included in the Project File Archive, and maybe in another location as well.

Instructions on how to use Media Manager to *copy* projects to an external drive:

http://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/usermanual/index.html#chapter=94%26section=10

== OSE Drives ==
# OSE_01 - Contains [[Ian_Midgley]]'s Footage
# OSE_02 - Contains [[Rebecca_Rojer]]'s Raw Footage & Project File Archives
## Raw Footage
## Project Files
### [http://vimeo.com/30768723 CEB Controller Box Wiring Instructional]
### [http://vimeo.com/30660860 True Fans Update 10/16/2011]
### [http://vimeo.com/30576131 CEB Controller Box - LED & Resistor Soldering Instructional]

Documentation/Video/Best Practices

2011-10-22T17:01:06Z

Rrrojer: /* Raw Footage Archive */

= Writing, Shooting & Editing Instructionals =
<html>
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/30652795?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe>
</html>

= Uploading & Blogging Instructionals =
= Archiving Instructionals =
Because the GVCS is under continual revision, we should aim to keep our FCP projects archived in such a way that it is possible to open up & re-edit a project. For simplicity, let's maintain 2 separate archives:

# Raw footage
# Project File Archives

== Raw Footage Archive ==

The Raw Footage should be saved in Apple ProRes 422 at 29.97fps, and organized by date & reel. A log describing what is in each reel should be provided when possible.

The Raw Footage may just be an editor's 'Capture Scratch' Folder, though additional organization would be nice. It could alternately be a dump of a video card.

== Project File Archives ==

The Project File Archives should be created via FCP Media Manager, and include both the project files & project media (video clips, stills, music, etc.) Each project will be archived into it's own folder. This way, when down the road someone wants to update an instructional, all the material will be stored together and they won't need to search through the raw footage, spread across multiple drives, to re-connect media. There will be some redundancy as footage will be archived in multiple places (the raw archive & whatever project archives it is used in). But without a coordinated, standard way to archive files across multiple computers (requires both discipline in archiving procedures & reliable server space we don't have), this is the easiest way to ensure that video projects can be revisited and updated in the future.

The final Quicktime should also be included in the Project File Archive, and maybe in another location as well.

Instructions on how to use Media Manager to *copy* projects to an external drive:

http://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/usermanual/index.html#chapter=94%26section=10

== OSE Drives ==
# OSE_01 - Contains [[Ian_Midgley]]'s Footage
# OSE_02 - Contains [[Rebecca_Rojer]]'s Raw Footage & Project File Archives
## Raw Footage
## Project Files
### [http://vimeo.com/30768723 CEB Controller Box Wiring Instructional]
### [http://vimeo.com/30660860 True Fans Update 10/16/2011]
### [http://vimeo.com/30576131 CEB Controller Box - LED & Resistor Soldering Instructional]

Documentation/Video

2011-10-22T16:57:55Z

Rrrojer:

Documentation/Video

2011-10-22T16:57:09Z

Rrrojer:

See [[Video Documentation Best Practices]] for a guide to creating video documentation.
<html>
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/30652795?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe>
</html>

Read the [[Documentation/Video/Scripts | Transcripts of Video Documentation]].

== Completed Instructional Videos ==

== Instructional Videos To-Do ==

Video Documentation Best Practices

2011-10-22T16:55:02Z

Rrrojer: moved Video Documentation Best Practices to Documentation/Video/Video Documentation Best Practices

#REDIRECT [[Documentation/Video/Video Documentation Best Practices]]

Documentation/Video/Best Practices

2011-10-22T16:55:02Z

Rrrojer: moved Video Documentation Best Practices to Documentation/Video/Video Documentation Best Practices

= Writing, Shooting & Editing Instructionals =
<html>
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/30652795?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe>
</html>

= Uploading & Blogging Instructionals =
= Archiving Instructionals =
Because the GVCS is under continual revision, we should aim to keep our FCP projects archived in such a way that it is possible to open up & re-edit a project. For simplicity, let's maintain 2 separate archives:

# Raw footage
# Project File Archives

== Raw Footage Archive ==

The Raw Footage should be saved in Apple ProRes 422 at 29.97fps, and organized by date & reel. A log describing what is in each reel should be provided when possible.

The Raw Footage may just be an editor's 'Capture Scratch' Folder, though additional organization would be nice.

== Project File Archives ==

The Project File Archives should be created via FCP Media Manager, and include both the project files & project media (video clips, stills, music, etc.) Each project will be archived into it's own folder. This way, when down the road someone wants to update an instructional, all the material will be stored together and they won't need to search through the raw footage, spread across multiple drives, to re-connect media. There will be some redundancy as footage will be archived in multiple places (the raw archive & whatever project archives it is used in). But without a coordinated, standard way to archive files across multiple computers (requires both discipline in archiving procedures & reliable server space we don't have), this is the easiest way to ensure that video projects can be revisited and updated in the future.

The final Quicktime should also be included in the Project File Archive, and maybe in another location as well.

Instructions on how to use Media Manager to *copy* projects to an external drive:

http://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/usermanual/index.html#chapter=94%26section=10

== OSE Drives ==
# OSE_01 - Contains [[Ian_Midgley]]'s Footage
# OSE_02 - Contains [[Rebecca_Rojer]]'s Raw Footage & Project File Archives
## Raw Footage
## Project Files
### [http://vimeo.com/30768723 CEB Controller Box Wiring Instructional]
### [http://vimeo.com/30660860 True Fans Update 10/16/2011]
### [http://vimeo.com/30576131 CEB Controller Box - LED & Resistor Soldering Instructional]

Category:Scripts

2011-10-22T16:54:10Z

Rrrojer: Created page with "Transcripts of completed Instructional Videos."

Transcripts of completed Instructional Videos.

Documentation/Video/Scripts/CEB Press/Controllerbox

2011-10-22T15:48:07Z

Rrrojer:

[[Category:Scripts]]
[[Category:CEB]]

The Compressed Earth Brick Press Controller runs the Brick Press. The main components of the controller are an electrical enclosure with an Arduino microcontroller board, an Arduino breakout board, and a solenoid driver board.

This video describes this controller as of September 2011.

To begin, clear the mounting platform by gently bending away all of the wiring.

Next, place the microcontroller on the blue mounting box, and the breakout board atop the microcontroller, matching the breakout board's male pins to the microcontroller's female pins. The "tops" of the boards should be aligned to the left of the control box. Center the boards to leave as much room as possible around the breakout board. Remove the breakout board while holding the microcontroller in place, and mark screw locations on opposite corners. Remove the microcontroller, and carefully drill the top hole at the mark. Attach the microcontroller with one screw and mark the second hole again for accuracy. Remove the board and drill the second hole. Then attach the microcontroller with small screws. Be careful not to screw the board in too tightly, or the board may bend or crack.

Next, mount the breakout board onto the microcontroller. To accommodate the microcontroller's USB port and power jack, some pins on the breakout board must be removed. Snip the third, fourth and fifth pins from the left and the third and fourth pins from the right on the underside of the bottom of the breakout board. Then gently install the breakout board atop the microcontroller.

Next, connect the power wire from the control box to the breakout board. Use a precision screwdriver to unscrew the terminal labelled "V in" located second from the right on the top terminal block of the breakout board. Attach the red positive voltage wire from the control box to this terminal. Insert the wire and screw the terminal back down while continuing to hold the wire until it is secured.

Connect the black ground wire to the leftmost ground terminal (GND) at the bottom of the breakout board. Connect the two orange ground wires to the two "GND" terminals that are 5th and 6th from the left of the top terminal block. Connect the two blue sensor positive voltage wires to the two "5V" terminals that are the 5th and 6th terminals from the right of the top terminal block.

Connect the two sensor signal wires, which are white with blue stripes, to the "A0" and "A1" terminals which are the 7th and 8th terminals from the top of the right terminal block. Make a note of which wire goes to A0 and which wire goes to A1, as they are different sensors. The sensor that wires into A0 is for the primary hydraulic cylinder and the sensor that wires into A1 is for the secondary hydraulic cylinder.

Now connect the two soldered LED/resistor pairs to the breakout board one at a time. The procedure to soldering these is explained in a separate video. Bend the wires on each end to facilitate the connection. Connect the LED end into terminal blocks 12 and 13, which are the second and third lowermost terminals of the right terminal block. Connect the resistor end to any of the ground terminals on the bottom terminal block.

Mount the solenoid driver board onto the breakout board. This driver board will be oriented such that the five terminal blocks that go to the solenoids are on the right side facing right, and the power terminal points down.

Connect the ground to the solenoid driver board. Take a piece of stranded 18-gauge wire long enough to reach from the bottom-left ground terminals of the breakout board to the solenoid driver negative power terminal. Strip a quarter inch off both ends of the wire, tin the ends of the wire with a soldering iron, and connect.

Note that the power terminal block has both ground and +12V connections, and if you reverse this polarity, you will burn out the driver board.

Now connect the power to the solenoid driver board.Take a piece of red 18-gauge wire long enough to reach from the V in terminal on the breakout board to the solenoid driver positive power terminal. Strip a quarter inch off both ends of the wire, tin the ends, and connect.

There are 5 connections going to the hydraulic valve of the CEB press. These are labeled 1-5. Strip 1/4" from the ends of each wire, tin the ends, and install them into the negative solenoid terminals. Start with 5 at the top and go down sequentially. It may be necessary to trim off a few strands of the ends of the wires to get them to fit in the terminals, but do not cut any more than necessary.

Finally, ensure that the terminal block screws are firmly fastened to the connected wires and that the microcontroller, breakout, and solenoid driver boards are firmly mounted together.

This completes the installation of the controller board, breakout board, and solenoid driver board into the Controller Box. In other videos, you can see how the controller box was prepared, and how the controller box integrates with the mechanical part of the CEB press. For more information on the CEB Press, please visit the Open Source Ecology Wiki.

Documentation/Video/Scripts/CEB Press/Controllerbox LED Soldering

2011-10-22T15:46:59Z

Rrrojer:

[[Category:Scripts]]
[[Category:CEB]]

The CEB Press Controller Box is an electronic control box that runs the Compressed Earth Brick Press. Part of its assembly requires two LEDs, each soldered to an 100-Ohm resistor, and this video explains how to solder these. You will need a soldering iron, a soldering stand, pliers, a spool of soldering wire, a wet paper towel, two 100-ohm resistors, two light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a multimeter.

LEDs have two wires or "leads", distinguishable by the lengths of the wires. The positive wire, which is longer, will be connected to a positive terminal while the shorter, negative wire will connect to the 100-Ohms resistor.

Using a pair of pliers, bend the tip of the negative wire into a small hook.

Make another hook in one of the two wires of the 100-Ohms resistor, and hook the LED and resistor wires together by those hooks. Use the pair of pliers to mash the hooks together; this will help make the process of soldering these two components together much easier.

During and after soldering, use pliers to handle the wires, as they will be too hot to touch. Electronic components, especially LEDs, can incur damage from too much heat, so you will need to solder quickly.

Wipe the tip of the soldering iron after it has heated to clean the surface of any oxides that might infringe the thermal energy transfer process.

Set up your solder spool so that the end of the solder wire is bent up.. "Tin" the soldering iron by touching the tip of the iron to the end of the soldering wire, just enough to get a small bead of molten solder at the tip of the soldering iron.

To heat the joint between the resister and the LED, grip the LED side of the wire with pliers, and touch the wires to the soldering iron near the joint. Then quickly touch the joint to the soldering wire. If the joint is hot enough, the solder will melt readily and draw up into the joint, absorbing into a bead.

Replace the iron on its stand, and set down the resistor/LED to allow the solder to cool. The soldered joint should have a silvery luster, which indicates a good solder.

Repeat this process on the second resistor/LED pair, then clean the tip of the soldering iron by wiping it on the wet towel. Tin the tip to prevent oxide formation on the tip during non-operation, and then unplug your soldering iron to let it cool on the soldering stand.

Give the wires and their solder some time to cool. Once cooled, test the resistance of the joints with a multimeter; they should have zero or almost zero resistance.

This completes the soldering of the 2 LED & resistor pairs for the CEB Press Controller Box. For more information on the CEB Press, please visit the Open Source Ecology Wiki Page.

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The CEB Press Controller Box is an electronic control box that runs the Compressed Earth Brick Press. Part of its assembly requires two LEDs, each soldered to an 100-Ohm resistor, and this video explains how to solder these. You will need a soldering iron, a soldering stand, pliers, a spool of soldering wire, a wet paper towel, two 100-ohm resistors, two light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a multimeter.

LEDs have two wires or "leads", distinguishable by the lengths of the wires. The positive wire, which is longer, will be connected to a positive terminal while the shorter, negative wire will connect to the 100-Ohms resistor.

Using a pair of pliers, bend the tip of the negative wire into a small hook.

Make another hook in one of the two wires of the 100-Ohms resistor, and hook the LED and resistor wires together by those hooks. Use the pair of pliers to mash the hooks together; this will help make the process of soldering these two components together much easier.

During and after soldering, use pliers to handle the wires, as they will be too hot to touch. Electronic components, especially LEDs, can incur damage from too much heat, so you will need to solder quickly.

Wipe the tip of the soldering iron after it has heated to clean the surface of any oxides that might infringe the thermal energy transfer process.

Set up your solder spool so that the end of the solder wire is bent up.. "Tin" the soldering iron by touching the tip of the iron to the end of the soldering wire, just enough to get a small bead of molten solder at the tip of the soldering iron.

To heat the joint between the resister and the LED, grip the LED side of the wire with pliers, and touch the wires to the soldering iron near the joint. Then quickly touch the joint to the soldering wire. If the joint is hot enough, the solder will melt readily and draw up into the joint, absorbing into a bead.

Replace the iron on its stand, and set down the resistor/LED to allow the solder to cool. The soldered joint should have a silvery luster, which indicates a good solder.

Repeat this process on the second resistor/LED pair, then clean the tip of the soldering iron by wiping it on the wet towel. Tin the tip to prevent oxide formation on the tip during non-operation, and then unplug your soldering iron to let it cool on the soldering stand.

Give the wires and their solder some time to cool. Once cooled, test the resistance of the joints with a multimeter; they should have zero or almost zero resistance.

This completes the soldering of the 2 LED & resistor pairs for the CEB Press Controller Box. For more information on the CEB Press, please visit the Open Source Ecology Wiki Page.

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{{Warning|The documentation for the CEB Press is undergoing a thorough overhaul. CAD models and written directions are presently obsolete. For more information, see [[Talk:CEB_Press#Documentation_overhaul_in_progress]]. When the models, specifications and text on this article have been thoroughly reviewed, updated when necessary, and confirmed as whole and accurate, this warning may be removed.}}

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== Tools Required ==

*Wire Cutters
*Soldering Iron Kit
*PC
*Hand Drill
*Wire Crimper Cutter
==Materials Required ==

{{Warning|At the moment there are two different styles of wiring displayed on this page. a transition to a milled circuit board is in prograss but not complete. please be aware of the mixed data}}

[[Image:Cutlerhammerbox.jpg|thumb]]
[[Image:Breakoutparts.jpg|thumb|Breakout Shield & Arduino]]
[[Image:Correctedboard.jpg|thumb|PWM Driver]]

*Outdoor Main Lug Box - 125Amp, 2Spaces, 4Circuits, 1Phase, 3Wire, 120/240VAC
*Extension Cord
*Alligator clips (2)
*Home wiring box [http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Navigation?storeId=10051&N=+90001+544955&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&cm_sp=d27-_-electrical-_-category_page-_-Electrical-_-electrical_essentials-_-plugs_outlets_cords-_-shop_now]
*Fuse holder - 30Amp Inline Mini Blade-Type [http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2102783 Buy]
*12v quick connect plugs (5 pairs)
*Stranded 5A wire ?
*Spade terminals (10)
*Underground phone cable
*Potting compound [http://cgi.ebay.com/EPOXY-RESIN-CIRCUIT-BOARD-POTTING-COMPOUND-CASTING-48OZ-/310186942108?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4838951e9c Buy]
*PVC pipe
*PVC pipe cap
*Stranded Cat 5 cable
*Supermagnets (6) - N42 [http://www.gaussboys.com/ndfeb-magnets/D1203E-N42.html Buy]
*Arduino (Duemilanove) [http://www.amazon.com/Arduino-Duemilanove/dp/B001VK18HC Buy]
*MOSFET replacements (5) - Single 35A 70V 0.028Ω TO-220-3 [http://www.futureelectronics.com/en/technologies/semiconductors/analog/drivers/mosfet-igbt-drivers/Pages/3890498-VNP35N07-E.aspx Buy] [http://octopart.com/partsearch/#search/requestData&q=VNP14NV04-E Buy]
*Hall Effect sensors (2) - US1881 TO-92 [http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9312 Buy]
*3/8" V-groove bearings (4) [http://www.vxb.com/page/bearings/PROD/V-Groove-Bearings/Kit8405 Buy]
*Molex connector [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812198025&cm_re=molex-_-12-198-025-_-Product Buy] [http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10245&cs_id=1024501&p_id=1313&seq=1&format=1#largeimage Buy] [http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10245&cs_id=1024501&p_id=1316&seq=1&format=2 Buy]

'''Sub-project Materials'''

*Arduino breakout shield [http://store.makerbot.com/arduino-breakout-v1-4-pcb.html Buy Board] [http://www.reprap.org/wiki/Arduino_Breakout_1_4 Assembly instructions] (need link to digikey parts)
**NOTE: The board is no longer sold with components. To order components see the "Electronic Components" on following page:

::[http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/CEB_Press/Bill_of_Materials Arduino Components]

*PWM Solenoid drivers (2) [http://store.makerbot.com/pwm-driver-v1-1-kit.html Buy Parts] [http://www.reprap.org/wiki/PWM_Driver_1_1 Assembly instructions]

*[[CEB_Press/Manufacturing_Instructions/Detroit_Fab_Lab_Solenoid_Driver|Solenoid Driver]]

*[[CEB_Press/Manufacturing_Instructions/Sensor_Unit|Sensors]]

== Diagrams ==
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[[Image:Ceb-controllerbox-small.png‎]]

*[https://docs.google.com/drawings/edit?id=1Gyv9hAaBZEX9v2RqlvqABIL2TwA2QJOKixl63OoM93o&hl=en google doc drawing of wire diagram (working on it)]

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==Wiring Instructions==

The CEB controller involves the following wiring:
*Battery power cord/Fuse/Switch
*Arduino/Breakout Board/Solenoid Driver sandwich
*Circuit board power – solenoid driver and Arduino power connections
*Sensor connections
*Solenoid driver power outputs to solenoids
*Solenoid connections
Note: Reversing the polarity on the power input to the solenoid driver has been shown to fry the solenoid driver board. Other damage may also occur by incorrect connection.

===Battery Power===
[[Image:batteryconnection.jpg|thumb|Fig. 1. Battery connection.]]
[[Image:cebcontroller.jpg|thumb|Fig. 2. CEB controller v2.0 (2011).]]
[[Image:solenoidvalve.jpg|thumb|Fig. 3. Hydraulic solenoid valve.]]
[[Image:alligatorclips.jpg|thumb|Fig. 4. Alligator clips.]]
[[Image:safetydisconnect.jpg|thumb|Fig. 5. Safety disconnect.]]
[[Image:powerswitch.jpg|thumb|Fig. 6. Main power switch.]]
[[Image:terminalstrip.jpg|thumb|Fig. 7. Terminal strip inside the controller box.]]
[[Image:safetyfuse.jpg|thumb|Fig. 8. 10 amp safety fuse.]]
[[Image:arduinolayer.jpg|thumb|Fig. 9. Arduino on bottom.]]
[[Image:breakoutboard.jpg|thumb|Fig. 10. Breakout board.]]
[[Image:driverboard.jpg|thumb|Fig. 11. Solenoid driver board.]]
[[Image:pinlineup.jpg|thumb|Fig. 12. Lining up of pins.]]
[[Image:driverschematic.png|thumb|Fig. 13. Circuit schematic of driver board.]]
[[Image:Drivertraces.png|thumb|Fig. 13b. Traces schematic of driver board.]]
[[Image:testcode.jpg|thumb|Fig. 14.Controller testing GUI.]]

The [[Power Cube]] battery, or any other 12V source (Fig. 1), provides electrical power to drive the CEB controller (Fig. 2) and hydraulic solenoid valves (Fig. 3). Alligator clips (Fig. 4) are used to make the connection. The white lead in the power cord is the positive terminal, and the black lead is the negative terminal. This polarity matters.

The battery power cable connects to the controller via a safety disconnect (video in last year's CEB documentation) - which are 2 plugs plugged into each other (Fig. 5). Once battery power is connected, the main power switch (Fig. 6) turns on the power to the controller, where the controller feeds power to the solenoids. Inside the controller, a terminal strip (Fig. 7) is used for the ground (black) and positive connections to the circuit boards. A fuse (Fig. 8) should be located between the main power switch and the positive terminal.

===Circuit Boards===

Three circuit boards are used in the controller. They are plugged one on top of the next in a sandwich configuration. The spacer on the bottom is a standard household electrical outlet, which insulates the circuit boards from the controller box.

The bottom board is the Arduino (Fig. 9). The Arduino Breakout Board (Fig. 10) sits on top of the Arduino. The circuit-milled Solenoid Driver Board (Fig. 11) sits on top of the Breakout Board. The pins on each of the 3 boards line up (Fig. 12).

===Circuit Board Bill of Materials===

The circuit schematic of the Solenoid Driver Board is shown in Fig. 13, and the Bill of Materials here - [[File:driverbom.odt]]. This is care of Blair Evans of the Detroit Fab Lab.

==Circuit Power==

The Arduino and the Solenoid driver must be powered by 12V from the battery. For the Arduino, the connection is made via the Breakout Board. 12V from the battery must be connected to Vin on the shield (bottom right of Shield in Fig.10), and ground must be connected as well. Use the terminals above the Vin.

Power must be connected directly to the solenoid driver board via the terminals in the upper left of Fig. 15. The + terminal is 12V, and the – terminal is the battery ground.

===Sensor Construction===

A four wire telephone cable is used to connect to the hall effects sensor. Only three of the exposed wires are used; orange, blue/white, and blue. These wires are soldered to the three prongs of the hall effects sensor in order from left to right; orange, blue/white, and blue. Small shrink wrap should be applied to the wires prior to soldering, and then slid into place to cover the leads to prevent short circuiting.

Slide the sensor into a small piece of pvc tube 3.5 inches long. The pvc will be filled with a potting compound to encapsulate the sensor. Tightly wrap electrical tape around the wire exiting the pvc tube, creating a seal to hold in the potting compound. Clamp the pvc vertically with the wire protruding from the bottom and fill the inside of the pvc with the potting compound.

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===Sensor Connections===

The sensor connections are color coded: blue is the sensor input, blue/white is ground, and orange is 5V.

When looking at the Hall Effect Senor chip (now encapsulated) from the front (front is the side with the writing), the left pin is 5V (orange), the middle pin is ground (blue/white), and the right pin is the sensor input (blue). The pull-up resistor (10k on the Detroit Fab Lab solenoid driver board, already included on the driver board) is connected between the 5V and sensor input terminals.

To connect the sensors, use the terminals on the breakout board to make the connections. '''Use the Analog 0 (A0) and Analog 1 (A1) pins on the breakout board to connect to the main cylinder and secondary cylinder sensor inputs, respectively.''' Note: the 3rd sensor (soil shaker) is optional, and it will not be used here. Connect the sensor 5V connections to the corresponding terminals on the breakout board, and connect the grounds to the corresponding breakout board terminals as well. The sensor connections should look like that shown in Fig. 16.

== Testing from Zero==

*Arduino Testing - Preparation
*Note: For this testing procedure, you will need a computer with Arduino software, Python and pyserial loaded.
# Solder 100 Ohm resistors to the negative (short) ends of three LEDs.
# Connect the Positive ends of the LEDs to Ports 11, 12 and 13 of the Breakout Shield
# Connect the resistor ends to GND port of the Breakout Shield
# Double-check the connections!
# Connect the Arduino to the Computer using a USB Cable
# Download [[Arduino Environment]]
# Open the Arduino Environment
##Double click on executable text file in Ubuntu
##Select the board that you are using (Duemilanove 328) under Tools / Board.
# Select the Appropriate Serial Connection under Tools / Serial Ports.
##Troubleshooting - if Tools / Serial Ports is blanked out, connect Arduino board
##Generally, the appropriate serial connection will be the number of the lowest unused USB port starting at 0.
# Download the <html><a href = "http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/documents/1250">CEB_Testing_Program.pde</a></html>
# Open the CEB Testing program in last step in the Arduino program by going to File / Open...
##Note: if the above file is not in its own folder, Arduino Environment will create a folder in Ubuntu
# Load the CEB Testing Program into the Arduino using the Upload Button in File / Upload to I/O Board
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##Run python code in Terminal - python CEB_Testing.py
##You may need to install python-imaging, python-imaging-tk, python-serial, arduino and avrdude in Linux to make it work
##Try this command in Debian-Based Linux Distros such as Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install python-imaging python-imaging-tk python-serial arduino avrdude
##You may need to install <html><a href = "http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software">Arduino for Windows</a>, <a href = "http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/">PIL</a> and <a href = "http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyserial"> Pyserial</a> if you are using Windows.</html>
##If you are using a Mac, I have no idea what you'll have to do.
# Connect to the Arduino using the GUI button
#'''Arduino - Testing''' - Click the Blink Test Button to Check if the Arduino is working. LED 13 should blink on and off.
# Click the Sensor Test Button. The Arduino’s sensors should cause LEDs 11, 12 and 13 to blink on and off in the presence of the magnets.
# Click the MOSFET Testing Buttons. The green LEDs on the MOSFET should blink on and off accordingly.
#'''Solenoid Connections''' - Cut five 2’ pieces of 16-gauge black wire and five 2’ pieces of 16-gauge red wire.
# Strip ¼” off each of the five black and five red wires.
# Tin the ends of each of the wires.
# Attach black wires to each of the negative terminals of the MOSFET connectors on the Detroit Fab-Lab board.
# Attach red wires to each of the positive terminals of the MOSFET connectors on the Detroit Fab-Lab Board.
# Run the black and red wires through an available hole in the Electronics Box.(Should we use the left-side hole for this???)
# When all wires have been checked, tighten each of the cable clamps.
#'''Solenoid Testing''' - Remove the bridge connector between the Common Ports of each solenoid unit.
# Connect each of the five red-black solenoid wire pairs to terminals in the solenoids. Black wires should attach to the Common ports and Red Wires to the Solenoid a and Solenoid b Ports
# Double-check the connections!
# Test the Solenoids with the Python-based CEB Press Testing program.

===Notes===

Here are errors upon running the Python script and upon trying to upload the CEB Testing Program to the arduino:

[[Image:conttesterrors.jpg|500px]]

= Fabrication Steps =

*Assemble entire Control Box
**Blue spacer box - Arduino attached on top with 2 small screws. Slightly slanted attachment to make screw holes fit on blue spacer box
**Terminal in electrical outlet box cut in half on metal cutoff saw to create + and - terminals

== Controller Box Preparation ==

== Soldering of LEDs & 100-Ohm Resistor==

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Part of the assembly of the CEB Press Controller Box requires two LEDs, each soldered to an 100-Ohm resistor. You will need:
* a soldering iron
* a soldering stand
* pliers
* a spool of soldering wire
* a wet paper towel
* 2 100-ohm resistors
* 2 light emitting diodes (LEDs)
* a multimeter.

#LEDs have two wires or "leads", distinguishable by the lengths of the wires. The positive wire, which is longer, will be connected to a positive terminal while the shorter, negative wire will connect to the 100-Ohms resistor. Using a pair of pliers, bend the tip of the negative wire into a small hook.
#Make another hook in one of the two wires of the 100-Ohms resistor, and hook the LED and resistor wires together by those hooks. Use the pair of pliers to mash the hooks together; this will help make the process of soldering these two components together much easier. During and after soldering, use pliers to handle the wires, as they will be too hot to touch. Electronic components, especially LEDs, can incur damage from too much heat, so you will need to solder quickly.
#Wipe the tip of the soldering iron after it has heated to clean the surface of any oxides that might infringe the thermal energy transfer process.
#Set up your solder spool so that the end of the solder wire is bent up. "Tin" the soldering iron by touching the tip of the iron to the end of the soldering wire, just enough to get a small bead of molten solder at the tip of the soldering iron.
#To heat the joint between the resister and the LED, grip the LED side of the wire with pliers, and touch the wires to the soldering iron near the joint. Then quickly touch the joint to the soldering wire. If the joint is hot enough, the solder will melt readily and draw up into the joint, absorbing into a bead.
#Replace the iron on its stand, and set down the resistor/LED to allow the solder to cool. The soldered joint should have a silvery luster, which indicates a good solder.
#Repeat this process on the second resistor/LED pair, then clean the tip of the soldering iron by wiping it on the wet towel. Tin the tip to prevent oxide formation on the tip during non-operation, and then unplug your soldering iron to let it cool on the soldering stand.
#Give the wires and their solder some time to cool. Once cooled, test the resistance of the joints with a multimeter; they should have zero or almost zero resistance.

This completes the soldering of the 2 LED & resistor pairs for the CEB Press Controller Box.

== Installation of the Controller Board, Breakout Board, & Solenoid Driver Board into the Controller Box==
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The main components of the controller box are an electrical enclosure with an Arduino microcontroller board, an Arduino breakout board, and a solenoid driver board. You will need:
* a drill with a twist bit
* wire strippers
* a flat head screwdriver
* a Phillips head screwdriver
* a small precision flat head screwdriver
* a pen or something to mark with.
* a Control Box
* an Arduino Uno or Duemilanove microcontroller board
* an Arduino Breakout board
* a solenoid (PWM) driver board
* 2 screws that will fit through the Arduino board's screw holes
* 2 100-Ohm resistors soldered to LEDs.

#To begin, clear the mounting platform by gently bending away all of the wiring.
# Next, place the microcontroller on the blue mounting box, and the breakout board atop the microcontroller, matching the breakout board's male pins to the microcontroller's female pins. The "tops" of the boards should be aligned to the left of the control box. Center the boards to leave as much room as possible around the breakout board. Remove the breakout board while holding the microcontroller in place, and mark screw locations on opposite corners.
# Remove the microcontroller, and carefully drill the top hole at the mark. Attach the microcontroller with one screw and mark the second hole again for accuracy. Remove the board and drill the second hole. # Then attach the microcontroller with small screws. Be careful not to screw the board in too tightly, or the board may bend or crack.
# Next, mount the breakout board onto the microcontroller. To accommodate the microcontroller's USB port and power jack, some pins on the breakout board must be removed. Snip the third, fourth and fifth pins from the left and the third and fourth pins from the right on the underside of the bottom of the breakout board. Then gently install the breakout board atop the microcontroller.
#Next, connect the power wire from the control box to the breakout board. Use a precision screwdriver to unscrew the terminal labelled "V in" located second from the right on the top terminal block of the breakout board. Attach the red positive voltage wire from the control box to this terminal. Insert the wire and screw the terminal back down while continuing to hold the wire until it is secured.
# Connect the black ground wire to the leftmost ground terminal (GND) at the bottom of the breakout board.
# Connect the two orange ground wires to the two "GND" terminals that are 5th and 6th from the left of the top terminal block.
# Connect the two blue sensor positive voltage wires to the two "5V" terminals that are the 5th and 6th terminals from the right of the top terminal block.
# Connect the two sensor signal wires, which are white with blue stripes, to the "A0" and "A1" terminals which are the 7th and 8th terminals from the top of the right terminal block. Make a note of which wire goes to A0 and which wire goes to A1, as they are different sensors. The sensor that wires into A0 is for the primary hydraulic cylinder and the sensor that wires into A1 is for the secondary hydraulic cylinder.
#Connect the two soldered LED/resistor pairs to the breakout board one at a time. The procedure to soldering these is explained above. Bend the wires on each end to facilitate the connection. Connect the LED end into terminal blocks 12 and 13, which are the second and third lowermost terminals of the right terminal block. Connect the resistor end to any of the ground terminals on the bottom terminal block.
# Mount the solenoid driver board onto the breakout board. This driver board will be oriented such that the five terminal blocks that go to the solenoids are on the right side facing right, and the power terminal points down.
# Connect the ground to the solenoid driver board. Take a piece of stranded 18-gauge wire long enough to reach from the bottom-left ground terminals of the breakout board to the solenoid driver negative power terminal. Strip a quarter inch off both ends of the wire, tin the ends of the wire with a soldering iron, and connect. Note that the power terminal block has both ground and +12V connections, and if you reverse this polarity you will burn out the driver board.
# Connect the power to the solenoid driver board.Take a piece of red 18-gauge wire long enough to reach from the V in terminal on the breakout board to the solenoid driver positive power terminal. Strip a quarter inch off both ends of the wire, tin the ends, and connect.
# There are 5 connections going to the hydraulic valve of the CEB press. These are labeled 1-5. Strip 1/4" from the ends of each wire, tin the ends, and install them into the negative solenoid terminals. Start with 5 at the top and go down sequentially. It may be necessary to trim off a few strands of the ends of the wires to get them to fit in the terminals, but do not cut any more than necessary.
# Finally, ensure that the terminal block screws are firmly fastened to the connected wires and that the microcontroller, breakout, and solenoid driver boards are firmly mounted together.

This completes the installation of the controller board, breakout board, and solenoid driver board into the Controller Box.

Attach the Sensors

#Feed the CAT-5 ends of the sensor cables through either the power cable hole or the right side hole of the Electronics Box.
#Attach the '''orange ends''' of the sensor wires to '''GND terminals on the Breakout Shield'''.
#Attach the '''blue ends''' of the sensor wires to the '''5V terminals''' on the Breakout Shield.
#Attach the '''blue-white ends''' of the sensor wires to '''terminals A0, A1 and A'''2 on the Breakout Shield.

==Previous Testing Procedure==

*Test Arduino on laptop - for example by [http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Blink blinking Channel 13 output on Duemilanove].

*Test sensors by passing magnets over them. See this sample code.
**[http://www.sparkfun.com/datasheets/Components/General/Hall-US1881EUA.pdf Data Sheet]
**Supply voltage is 5V from the Arduino breakout shield
**The pins are +,-, OUT reading from top (printed / smaller face)
**The output is "Open Drain" - this means you need a "pull up" resistor on the output (10K connected to +)
**This model is "latching" which means it turns on from one pole, and off by the other, remembering its state in the meantime.

Controller checklist (ie, So you don't burn your components, check these):

#Arduino powers on with USB cord? Check.
#Arduino works - ex. blink Channel 13 with an LED? Check. Atmega 328 Duemilanove - on Ubuntu 10.04.
#Controller main power switch light red when battery is connected and switch is turned on? Check.
#With Molex connectors disconnected, 12V appears at pins 1 and 2?
#With Molex connectors plugged into solenoid driver boards, main power switch turns the drivers on?
#Arduino powers on with battery supply after flipping main switch on?
#Solenoid drivers are turned on with main switch?
#Solenoids turn all of their MOSFETS as seen via indicator lights?
#Solenoids can cycle the solenoid valves?
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*Test solenoid valves by attaching power to battery and running this sample code for 2 solenoid channels.
**Note we can reduce 3 solenoid channels to 2 by running both the shaker motor and the drawer cylinder from the same channel - the shaker is activated at every stroke of the drawer, as there is ample hydraulic fluid flow available in that part of the overall CEB operation cycle.

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other pages with info that should end up on this page

==Previous Versions==

*[[CEB Press/Manufacturing Instructions/Controller Box/Automation Prototype II|CEB Press Automation Prototype II]]
*[[CEB Press/Manufacturing Instructions/Controller Box/Arduino Control of CEB Prototype 2|Arduino Control of CEB Prototype 2]]
*[[CEB Press/Manufacturing Instructions/Controller Box/FeF Liberator Controller|FeF Liberator Controller]]

==Future Versions==
*[[CEB Controller Box]]

[[Category: CEB Press]]
[[Category:CEB Press Fabrication]]

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== Tools Required ==

*Wire Cutters
*Soldering Iron Kit
*PC
*Hand Drill
*Wire Crimper Cutter
==Materials Required ==

{{Warning|At the moment there are two different styles of wiring displayed on this page. a transition to a milled circuit board is in prograss but not complete. please be aware of the mixed data}}

[[Image:Cutlerhammerbox.jpg|thumb]]
[[Image:Breakoutparts.jpg|thumb|Breakout Shield & Arduino]]
[[Image:Correctedboard.jpg|thumb|PWM Driver]]

*Outdoor Main Lug Box - 125Amp, 2Spaces, 4Circuits, 1Phase, 3Wire, 120/240VAC
*Extension Cord
*Alligator clips (2)
*Home wiring box [http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Navigation?storeId=10051&N=+90001+544955&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&cm_sp=d27-_-electrical-_-category_page-_-Electrical-_-electrical_essentials-_-plugs_outlets_cords-_-shop_now]
*Fuse holder - 30Amp Inline Mini Blade-Type [http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2102783 Buy]
*12v quick connect plugs (5 pairs)
*Stranded 5A wire ?
*Spade terminals (10)
*Underground phone cable
*Potting compound [http://cgi.ebay.com/EPOXY-RESIN-CIRCUIT-BOARD-POTTING-COMPOUND-CASTING-48OZ-/310186942108?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4838951e9c Buy]
*PVC pipe
*PVC pipe cap
*Stranded Cat 5 cable
*Supermagnets (6) - N42 [http://www.gaussboys.com/ndfeb-magnets/D1203E-N42.html Buy]
*Arduino (Duemilanove) [http://www.amazon.com/Arduino-Duemilanove/dp/B001VK18HC Buy]
*MOSFET replacements (5) - Single 35A 70V 0.028Ω TO-220-3 [http://www.futureelectronics.com/en/technologies/semiconductors/analog/drivers/mosfet-igbt-drivers/Pages/3890498-VNP35N07-E.aspx Buy] [http://octopart.com/partsearch/#search/requestData&q=VNP14NV04-E Buy]
*Hall Effect sensors (2) - US1881 TO-92 [http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9312 Buy]
*3/8" V-groove bearings (4) [http://www.vxb.com/page/bearings/PROD/V-Groove-Bearings/Kit8405 Buy]
*Molex connector [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812198025&cm_re=molex-_-12-198-025-_-Product Buy] [http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10245&cs_id=1024501&p_id=1313&seq=1&format=1#largeimage Buy] [http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10245&cs_id=1024501&p_id=1316&seq=1&format=2 Buy]

'''Sub-project Materials'''

*Arduino breakout shield [http://store.makerbot.com/arduino-breakout-v1-4-pcb.html Buy Board] [http://www.reprap.org/wiki/Arduino_Breakout_1_4 Assembly instructions] (need link to digikey parts)
**NOTE: The board is no longer sold with components. To order components see the "Electronic Components" on following page:

::[http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/CEB_Press/Bill_of_Materials Arduino Components]

*PWM Solenoid drivers (2) [http://store.makerbot.com/pwm-driver-v1-1-kit.html Buy Parts] [http://www.reprap.org/wiki/PWM_Driver_1_1 Assembly instructions]

*[[CEB_Press/Manufacturing_Instructions/Detroit_Fab_Lab_Solenoid_Driver|Solenoid Driver]]

*[[CEB_Press/Manufacturing_Instructions/Sensor_Unit|Sensors]]

== Diagrams ==
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*[https://docs.google.com/drawings/edit?id=1Gyv9hAaBZEX9v2RqlvqABIL2TwA2QJOKixl63OoM93o&hl=en google doc drawing of wire diagram (working on it)]

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==Wiring Instructions==

The CEB controller involves the following wiring:
*Battery power cord/Fuse/Switch
*Arduino/Breakout Board/Solenoid Driver sandwich
*Circuit board power – solenoid driver and Arduino power connections
*Sensor connections
*Solenoid driver power outputs to solenoids
*Solenoid connections
Note: Reversing the polarity on the power input to the solenoid driver has been shown to fry the solenoid driver board. Other damage may also occur by incorrect connection.

===Battery Power===
[[Image:batteryconnection.jpg|thumb|Fig. 1. Battery connection.]]
[[Image:cebcontroller.jpg|thumb|Fig. 2. CEB controller v2.0 (2011).]]
[[Image:solenoidvalve.jpg|thumb|Fig. 3. Hydraulic solenoid valve.]]
[[Image:alligatorclips.jpg|thumb|Fig. 4. Alligator clips.]]
[[Image:safetydisconnect.jpg|thumb|Fig. 5. Safety disconnect.]]
[[Image:powerswitch.jpg|thumb|Fig. 6. Main power switch.]]
[[Image:terminalstrip.jpg|thumb|Fig. 7. Terminal strip inside the controller box.]]
[[Image:safetyfuse.jpg|thumb|Fig. 8. 10 amp safety fuse.]]
[[Image:arduinolayer.jpg|thumb|Fig. 9. Arduino on bottom.]]
[[Image:breakoutboard.jpg|thumb|Fig. 10. Breakout board.]]
[[Image:driverboard.jpg|thumb|Fig. 11. Solenoid driver board.]]
[[Image:pinlineup.jpg|thumb|Fig. 12. Lining up of pins.]]
[[Image:driverschematic.png|thumb|Fig. 13. Circuit schematic of driver board.]]
[[Image:Drivertraces.png|thumb|Fig. 13b. Traces schematic of driver board.]]
[[Image:testcode.jpg|thumb|Fig. 14.Controller testing GUI.]]

The [[Power Cube]] battery, or any other 12V source (Fig. 1), provides electrical power to drive the CEB controller (Fig. 2) and hydraulic solenoid valves (Fig. 3). Alligator clips (Fig. 4) are used to make the connection. The white lead in the power cord is the positive terminal, and the black lead is the negative terminal. This polarity matters.

The battery power cable connects to the controller via a safety disconnect (video in last year's CEB documentation) - which are 2 plugs plugged into each other (Fig. 5). Once battery power is connected, the main power switch (Fig. 6) turns on the power to the controller, where the controller feeds power to the solenoids. Inside the controller, a terminal strip (Fig. 7) is used for the ground (black) and positive connections to the circuit boards. A fuse (Fig. 8) should be located between the main power switch and the positive terminal.

===Circuit Boards===

Three circuit boards are used in the controller. They are plugged one on top of the next in a sandwich configuration. The spacer on the bottom is a standard household electrical outlet, which insulates the circuit boards from the controller box.

The bottom board is the Arduino (Fig. 9). The Arduino Breakout Board (Fig. 10) sits on top of the Arduino. The circuit-milled Solenoid Driver Board (Fig. 11) sits on top of the Breakout Board. The pins on each of the 3 boards line up (Fig. 12).

===Circuit Board Bill of Materials===

The circuit schematic of the Solenoid Driver Board is shown in Fig. 13, and the Bill of Materials here - [[File:driverbom.odt]]. This is care of Blair Evans of the Detroit Fab Lab.

==Circuit Power==

The Arduino and the Solenoid driver must be powered by 12V from the battery. For the Arduino, the connection is made via the Breakout Board. 12V from the battery must be connected to Vin on the shield (bottom right of Shield in Fig.10), and ground must be connected as well. Use the terminals above the Vin.

Power must be connected directly to the solenoid driver board via the terminals in the upper left of Fig. 15. The + terminal is 12V, and the – terminal is the battery ground.

===Sensor Construction===

A four wire telephone cable is used to connect to the hall effects sensor. Only three of the exposed wires are used; orange, blue/white, and blue. These wires are soldered to the three prongs of the hall effects sensor in order from left to right; orange, blue/white, and blue. Small shrink wrap should be applied to the wires prior to soldering, and then slid into place to cover the leads to prevent short circuiting.

Slide the sensor into a small piece of pvc tube 3.5 inches long. The pvc will be filled with a potting compound to encapsulate the sensor. Tightly wrap electrical tape around the wire exiting the pvc tube, creating a seal to hold in the potting compound. Clamp the pvc vertically with the wire protruding from the bottom and fill the inside of the pvc with the potting compound.

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===Sensor Connections===

The sensor connections are color coded: blue is the sensor input, blue/white is ground, and orange is 5V.

When looking at the Hall Effect Senor chip (now encapsulated) from the front (front is the side with the writing), the left pin is 5V (orange), the middle pin is ground (blue/white), and the right pin is the sensor input (blue). The pull-up resistor (10k on the Detroit Fab Lab solenoid driver board, already included on the driver board) is connected between the 5V and sensor input terminals.

To connect the sensors, use the terminals on the breakout board to make the connections. '''Use the Analog 0 (A0) and Analog 1 (A1) pins on the breakout board to connect to the main cylinder and secondary cylinder sensor inputs, respectively.''' Note: the 3rd sensor (soil shaker) is optional, and it will not be used here. Connect the sensor 5V connections to the corresponding terminals on the breakout board, and connect the grounds to the corresponding breakout board terminals as well. The sensor connections should look like that shown in Fig. 16.

== Testing from Zero==

*Arduino Testing - Preparation
*Note: For this testing procedure, you will need a computer with Arduino software, Python and pyserial loaded.
# Solder 100 Ohm resistors to the negative (short) ends of three LEDs.
# Connect the Positive ends of the LEDs to Ports 11, 12 and 13 of the Breakout Shield
# Connect the resistor ends to GND port of the Breakout Shield
# Double-check the connections!
# Connect the Arduino to the Computer using a USB Cable
# Download [[Arduino Environment]]
# Open the Arduino Environment
##Double click on executable text file in Ubuntu
##Select the board that you are using (Duemilanove 328) under Tools / Board.
# Select the Appropriate Serial Connection under Tools / Serial Ports.
##Troubleshooting - if Tools / Serial Ports is blanked out, connect Arduino board
##Generally, the appropriate serial connection will be the number of the lowest unused USB port starting at 0.
# Download the <html><a href = "http://openpario.mime.oregonstate.edu/documents/1250">CEB_Testing_Program.pde</a></html>
# Open the CEB Testing program in last step in the Arduino program by going to File / Open...
##Note: if the above file is not in its own folder, Arduino Environment will create a folder in Ubuntu
# Load the CEB Testing Program into the Arduino using the Upload Button in File / Upload to I/O Board
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##Run python code in Terminal - python CEB_Testing.py
##You may need to install python-imaging, python-imaging-tk, python-serial, arduino and avrdude in Linux to make it work
##Try this command in Debian-Based Linux Distros such as Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install python-imaging python-imaging-tk python-serial arduino avrdude
##You may need to install <html><a href = "http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software">Arduino for Windows</a>, <a href = "http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/">PIL</a> and <a href = "http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyserial"> Pyserial</a> if you are using Windows.</html>
##If you are using a Mac, I have no idea what you'll have to do.
# Connect to the Arduino using the GUI button
#'''Arduino - Testing''' - Click the Blink Test Button to Check if the Arduino is working. LED 13 should blink on and off.
# Click the Sensor Test Button. The Arduino’s sensors should cause LEDs 11, 12 and 13 to blink on and off in the presence of the magnets.
# Click the MOSFET Testing Buttons. The green LEDs on the MOSFET should blink on and off accordingly.
#'''Solenoid Connections''' - Cut five 2’ pieces of 16-gauge black wire and five 2’ pieces of 16-gauge red wire.
# Strip ¼” off each of the five black and five red wires.
# Tin the ends of each of the wires.
# Attach black wires to each of the negative terminals of the MOSFET connectors on the Detroit Fab-Lab board.
# Attach red wires to each of the positive terminals of the MOSFET connectors on the Detroit Fab-Lab Board.
# Run the black and red wires through an available hole in the Electronics Box.(Should we use the left-side hole for this???)
# When all wires have been checked, tighten each of the cable clamps.
#'''Solenoid Testing''' - Remove the bridge connector between the Common Ports of each solenoid unit.
# Connect each of the five red-black solenoid wire pairs to terminals in the solenoids. Black wires should attach to the Common ports and Red Wires to the Solenoid a and Solenoid b Ports
# Double-check the connections!
# Test the Solenoids with the Python-based CEB Press Testing program.

===Notes===

Here are errors upon running the Python script and upon trying to upload the CEB Testing Program to the arduino:

[[Image:conttesterrors.jpg|500px]]

= Fabrication Steps =

*Assemble entire Control Box
**Blue spacer box - Arduino attached on top with 2 small screws. Slightly slanted attachment to make screw holes fit on blue spacer box
**Terminal in electrical outlet box cut in half on metal cutoff saw to create + and - terminals

== Controller Box Preparation ==

== Soldering of LEDs & 100-Ohm Resistor==

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Part of the assembly of the CEB Press Controller Box requires two LEDs, each soldered to an 100-Ohm resistor. You will need:
* a soldering iron
* a soldering stand
* pliers
* a spool of soldering wire
* a wet paper towel
* 2 100-ohm resistors
* 2 light emitting diodes (LEDs)
* a multimeter.

#LEDs have two wires or "leads", distinguishable by the lengths of the wires. The positive wire, which is longer, will be connected to a positive terminal while the shorter, negative wire will connect to the 100-Ohms resistor. Using a pair of pliers, bend the tip of the negative wire into a small hook.
#Make another hook in one of the two wires of the 100-Ohms resistor, and hook the LED and resistor wires together by those hooks. Use the pair of pliers to mash the hooks together; this will help make the process of soldering these two components together much easier. During and after soldering, use pliers to handle the wires, as they will be too hot to touch. Electronic components, especially LEDs, can incur damage from too much heat, so you will need to solder quickly.
#Wipe the tip of the soldering iron after it has heated to clean the surface of any oxides that might infringe the thermal energy transfer process.
#Set up your solder spool so that the end of the solder wire is bent up. "Tin" the soldering iron by touching the tip of the iron to the end of the soldering wire, just enough to get a small bead of molten solder at the tip of the soldering iron.
#To heat the joint between the resister and the LED, grip the LED side of the wire with pliers, and touch the wires to the soldering iron near the joint. Then quickly touch the joint to the soldering wire. If the joint is hot enough, the solder will melt readily and draw up into the joint, absorbing into a bead.
#Replace the iron on its stand, and set down the resistor/LED to allow the solder to cool. The soldered joint should have a silvery luster, which indicates a good solder.
#Repeat this process on the second resistor/LED pair, then clean the tip of the soldering iron by wiping it on the wet towel. Tin the tip to prevent oxide formation on the tip during non-operation, and then unplug your soldering iron to let it cool on the soldering stand.
#Give the wires and their solder some time to cool. Once cooled, test the resistance of the joints with a multimeter; they should have zero or almost zero resistance.

This completes the soldering of the 2 LED & resistor pairs for the CEB Press Controller Box.

== Installation of the Controller Board, Breakout Board, & Solenoid Driver Board into the Controller Box==
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The main components of the controller box are an electrical enclosure with an Arduino microcontroller board, an Arduino breakout board, and a solenoid driver board. You will need:
* a drill with a twist bit
* wire strippers
* a flat head screwdriver
* a Phillips head screwdriver
* a small precision flat head screwdriver
* a pen or something to mark with.
* a Control Box
* an Arduino Uno or Duemilanove microcontroller board
* an Arduino Breakout board
* a solenoid (PWM) driver board
* 2 screws that will fit through the Arduino board's screw holes
* 2 100-Ohm resistors soldered to LEDs.

#To begin, clear the mounting platform by gently bending away all of the wiring.
# Next, place the microcontroller on the blue mounting box, and the breakout board atop the microcontroller, matching the breakout board's male pins to the microcontroller's female pins. The "tops" of the boards should be aligned to the left of the control box. Center the boards to leave as much room as possible around the breakout board. Remove the breakout board while holding the microcontroller in place, and mark screw locations on opposite corners.
# Remove the microcontroller, and carefully drill the top hole at the mark. Attach the microcontroller with one screw and mark the second hole again for accuracy. Remove the board and drill the second hole. # Then attach the microcontroller with small screws. Be careful not to screw the board in too tightly, or the board may bend or crack.
# Next, mount the breakout board onto the microcontroller. To accommodate the microcontroller's USB port and power jack, some pins on the breakout board must be removed. Snip the third, fourth and fifth pins from the left and the third and fourth pins from the right on the underside of the bottom of the breakout board. Then gently install the breakout board atop the microcontroller.
#Next, connect the power wire from the control box to the breakout board. Use a precision screwdriver to unscrew the terminal labelled "V in" located second from the right on the top terminal block of the breakout board. Attach the red positive voltage wire from the control box to this terminal. Insert the wire and screw the terminal back down while continuing to hold the wire until it is secured.
# Connect the black ground wire to the leftmost ground terminal (GND) at the bottom of the breakout board.
# Connect the two orange ground wires to the two "GND" terminals that are 5th and 6th from the left of the top terminal block.
# Connect the two blue sensor positive voltage wires to the two "5V" terminals that are the 5th and 6th terminals from the right of the top terminal block.
# Connect the two sensor signal wires, which are white with blue stripes, to the "A0" and "A1" terminals which are the 7th and 8th terminals from the top of the right terminal block. Make a note of which wire goes to A0 and which wire goes to A1, as they are different sensors. The sensor that wires into A0 is for the primary hydraulic cylinder and the sensor that wires into A1 is for the secondary hydraulic cylinder.
#Connect the two soldered LED/resistor pairs to the breakout board one at a time. The procedure to soldering these is explained above. Bend the wires on each end to facilitate the connection. Connect the LED end into terminal blocks 12 and 13, which are the second and third lowermost terminals of the right terminal block. Connect the resistor end to any of the ground terminals on the bottom terminal block.
# Mount the solenoid driver board onto the breakout board. This driver board will be oriented such that the five terminal blocks that go to the solenoids are on the right side facing right, and the power terminal points down.
# Connect the ground to the solenoid driver board. Take a piece of stranded 18-gauge wire long enough to reach from the bottom-left ground terminals of the breakout board to the solenoid driver negative power terminal. Strip a quarter inch off both ends of the wire, tin the ends of the wire with a soldering iron, and connect. Note that the power terminal block has both ground and +12V connections, and if you reverse this polarity you will burn out the driver board.
# Connect the power to the solenoid driver board.Take a piece of red 18-gauge wire long enough to reach from the V in terminal on the breakout board to the solenoid driver positive power terminal. Strip a quarter inch off both ends of the wire, tin the ends, and connect.
# There are 5 connections going to the hydraulic valve of the CEB press. These are labeled 1-5. Strip 1/4" from the ends of each wire, tin the ends, and install them into the negative solenoid terminals. Start with 5 at the top and go down sequentially. It may be necessary to trim off a few strands of the ends of the wires to get them to fit in the terminals, but do not cut any more than necessary.
# Finally, ensure that the terminal block screws are firmly fastened to the connected wires and that the microcontroller, breakout, and solenoid driver boards are firmly mounted together.

This completes the installation of the controller board, breakout board, and solenoid driver board into the Controller Box.

Attach the Sensors

#Feed the CAT-5 ends of the sensor cables through either the power cable hole or the right side hole of the Electronics Box.
#Attach the '''orange ends''' of the sensor wires to '''GND terminals on the Breakout Shield'''.
#Attach the '''blue ends''' of the sensor wires to the '''5V terminals''' on the Breakout Shield.
#Attach the '''blue-white ends''' of the sensor wires to '''terminals A0, A1 and A'''2 on the Breakout Shield.

==Previous Testing Procedure==

*Test Arduino on laptop - for example by [http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Blink blinking Channel 13 output on Duemilanove].

*Test sensors by passing magnets over them. See this sample code.
**[http://www.sparkfun.com/datasheets/Components/General/Hall-US1881EUA.pdf Data Sheet]
**Supply voltage is 5V from the Arduino breakout shield
**The pins are +,-, OUT reading from top (printed / smaller face)
**The output is "Open Drain" - this means you need a "pull up" resistor on the output (10K connected to +)
**This model is "latching" which means it turns on from one pole, and off by the other, remembering its state in the meantime.

Controller checklist (ie, So you don't burn your components, check these):

#Arduino powers on with USB cord? Check.
#Arduino works - ex. blink Channel 13 with an LED? Check. Atmega 328 Duemilanove - on Ubuntu 10.04.
#Controller main power switch light red when battery is connected and switch is turned on? Check.
#With Molex connectors disconnected, 12V appears at pins 1 and 2?
#With Molex connectors plugged into solenoid driver boards, main power switch turns the drivers on?
#Arduino powers on with battery supply after flipping main switch on?
#Solenoid drivers are turned on with main switch?
#Solenoids turn all of their MOSFETS as seen via indicator lights?
#Solenoids can cycle the solenoid valves?
C

*Test solenoid valves by attaching power to battery and running this sample code for 2 solenoid channels.
**Note we can reduce 3 solenoid channels to 2 by running both the shaker motor and the drawer cylinder from the same channel - the shaker is activated at every stroke of the drawer, as there is ample hydraulic fluid flow available in that part of the overall CEB operation cycle.

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other pages with info that should end up on this page

==Previous Versions==

*[[CEB Press/Manufacturing Instructions/Controller Box/Automation Prototype II|CEB Press Automation Prototype II]]
*[[CEB Press/Manufacturing Instructions/Controller Box/Arduino Control of CEB Prototype 2|Arduino Control of CEB Prototype 2]]
*[[CEB Press/Manufacturing Instructions/Controller Box/FeF Liberator Controller|FeF Liberator Controller]]

==Future Versions==
*[[CEB Controller Box]]

[[Category: CEB Press]]
[[Category:CEB Press Fabrication]]

Documentation/Video/Scripts/CEB Press/Controllerbox

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Rrrojer: Created page with "The Compressed Earth Brick Press Controller runs the Brick Press. The main components of the controller are an electrical enclosure with an Arduino microcontroller board, an Ard..."

The Compressed Earth Brick Press Controller runs the Brick Press. The main components of the controller are an electrical enclosure with an Arduino microcontroller board, an Arduino breakout board, and a solenoid driver board.

This video describes this controller as of September 2011.

To begin, clear the mounting platform by gently bending away all of the wiring.

Next, place the microcontroller on the blue mounting box, and the breakout board atop the microcontroller, matching the breakout board's male pins to the microcontroller's female pins. The "tops" of the boards should be aligned to the left of the control box. Center the boards to leave as much room as possible around the breakout board. Remove the breakout board while holding the microcontroller in place, and mark screw locations on opposite corners. Remove the microcontroller, and carefully drill the top hole at the mark. Attach the microcontroller with one screw and mark the second hole again for accuracy. Remove the board and drill the second hole. Then attach the microcontroller with small screws. Be careful not to screw the board in too tightly, or the board may bend or crack.

Next, mount the breakout board onto the microcontroller. To accommodate the microcontroller's USB port and power jack, some pins on the breakout board must be removed. Snip the third, fourth and fifth pins from the left and the third and fourth pins from the right on the underside of the bottom of the breakout board. Then gently install the breakout board atop the microcontroller.

Next, connect the power wire from the control box to the breakout board. Use a precision screwdriver to unscrew the terminal labelled "V in" located second from the right on the top terminal block of the breakout board. Attach the red positive voltage wire from the control box to this terminal. Insert the wire and screw the terminal back down while continuing to hold the wire until it is secured.

Connect the black ground wire to the leftmost ground terminal (GND) at the bottom of the breakout board. Connect the two orange ground wires to the two "GND" terminals that are 5th and 6th from the left of the top terminal block. Connect the two blue sensor positive voltage wires to the two "5V" terminals that are the 5th and 6th terminals from the right of the top terminal block.

Connect the two sensor signal wires, which are white with blue stripes, to the "A0" and "A1" terminals which are the 7th and 8th terminals from the top of the right terminal block. Make a note of which wire goes to A0 and which wire goes to A1, as they are different sensors. The sensor that wires into A0 is for the primary hydraulic cylinder and the sensor that wires into A1 is for the secondary hydraulic cylinder.

Now connect the two soldered LED/resistor pairs to the breakout board one at a time. The procedure to soldering these is explained in a separate video. Bend the wires on each end to facilitate the connection. Connect the LED end into terminal blocks 12 and 13, which are the second and third lowermost terminals of the right terminal block. Connect the resistor end to any of the ground terminals on the bottom terminal block.

Mount the solenoid driver board onto the breakout board. This driver board will be oriented such that the five terminal blocks that go to the solenoids are on the right side facing right, and the power terminal points down.

Connect the ground to the solenoid driver board. Take a piece of stranded 18-gauge wire long enough to reach from the bottom-left ground terminals of the breakout board to the solenoid driver negative power terminal. Strip a quarter inch off both ends of the wire, tin the ends of the wire with a soldering iron, and connect.

Note that the power terminal block has both ground and +12V connections, and if you reverse this polarity, you will burn out the driver board.

Now connect the power to the solenoid driver board.Take a piece of red 18-gauge wire long enough to reach from the V in terminal on the breakout board to the solenoid driver positive power terminal. Strip a quarter inch off both ends of the wire, tin the ends, and connect.

There are 5 connections going to the hydraulic valve of the CEB press. These are labeled 1-5. Strip 1/4" from the ends of each wire, tin the ends, and install them into the negative solenoid terminals. Start with 5 at the top and go down sequentially. It may be necessary to trim off a few strands of the ends of the wires to get them to fit in the terminals, but do not cut any more than necessary.

Finally, ensure that the terminal block screws are firmly fastened to the connected wires and that the microcontroller, breakout, and solenoid driver boards are firmly mounted together.

This completes the installation of the controller board, breakout board, and solenoid driver board into the Controller Box. In other videos, you can see how the controller box was prepared, and how the controller box integrates with the mechanical part of the CEB press. For more information on the CEB Press, please visit the Open Source Ecology Wiki.

Documentation/Video/Scripts

2011-10-22T15:34:35Z

Rrrojer:

* [[Documentation/Video/Scripts/CEB Press/Controllerbox | CEB Controllerbox]]
* [[Documentation/Video/Scripts/CEB Press/Controllerbox LED Soldering | Controllerbox LED Soldering]]
* [[Documentation/Video/Scripts/LifeTrac II/Valves | LifeTrac II Connection of Valves]]

Documentation/Video/Scripts

2011-10-22T15:33:30Z

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[[Documentation/Video/Scripts/CEB Press/Controllerbox | CEB Controllerbox]]
[[Documentation/Video/Scripts/CEB Press/Controllerbox LED Soldering | Controllerbox LED Soldering]]

Documentation/Video

2011-10-22T15:25:57Z

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See [[Video Documentation Best Practices]] for a guide to creating video documentation.

Read the [[Documentation/Video/Scripts | Transcripts of Video Documentation]].

== Completed Instructional Videos ==

== Instructional Videos To-Do ==

Documentation Standards

2011-10-22T15:23:28Z

Rrrojer: /* Video Documentation */

=Introduction=

June 2011 marks a point of shifting the focus to professional documentation standard development at [[Factor e Farm]]. We are at the stage that such documentation is not only indispensable for production runs at Factor e Farm, but also for replication in other places worldwide. Check our [[Fabrication Procedure Standards]].

A proposal for a GVCS documentation template is given in [[Mark J Norton/GVCS Template]].

=Documentation Standards=

We propose the following procedure for developing documentation based on prototyping work at Factor e Farm.

#Upload all media to GitHub repository [https://github.com/organizations/OSE]
#Publish detailed fabrication procedure on wiki
#Fill in with pictures, jpg of CAD files, and links to actual CAD and CAM files in file repository
#Develop an instructional video based on wiki fabrication procedure and any additional material from media FTP repository

=GVCS Documentation=

Each GVCS tool should have OSE wiki pages with sections that deal with the following:

'''Home'''
* Overview
* Detailed Description and Features
* Components
* Product Ecology
** Uses
** Creates
* Solution Statement
* Specifications
* Status
* See Also

'''Research & Development'''
* Overview
* Research
** Goals
** General Design Goals
** Features
* Advantages
* Design
* Funding
* Peer Reviews
* Experiments and Prototypes
* Experimental Results
* Prototype Notes, Observation, Etc.
* Failure Mode Analysis
* Testing Results
* Recommendations for Improvement
* See Also

'''Bill of Materials'''
* Google Docs

'''Manufacturing Instructions'''
* Prepare
** Safety
** Workspace
** Tools
** Raw Materials
* Component Fabrication
** Cut
** Drill
** Misc
* Assembly
* Programming (if any)
* Finish
** Paint
** Test

'''User's Manual'''
* Overview
* Safety Procedures and Considerations
* Operation Procedure
* Maintenance
* Breakdowns and Repair
* Assembly
* Disassembly

=Documentation at Other Locations=

As other locations come online, similar procedures should be implemented to facilitate contributions to the overall project.

=Design Designations and Document Identifiers=

As GVCS and other OSE tools mature, it will become difficult to keep documentation organized. For identification purposes, a standard design iteration naming convention is proposed. Each GVCS tool should be assigned a standard set of initials, LT for LifeTrac as an example. Product iterations (models) can be either identified as P1, P2, etc. or given a descriptive name such as Rear Mounted Engine. Thus, the current LifeTrac-2 would be referred to as a LT-P2 for documentation identification purposes. It is quite possible that several design iterations are needed within a product model, thus the third design of the LifeTrac-2 would be referred to as LT-P2-D3. The first design of the rear mounted engine could be known as LT-REM-D1.

The main point of this identifications scheme is to create a name space that allows all documentation to be grouped together for a single design iteration. Thus, the video that shows how to fabricate the back right wheel mount panel can be called "LT-REM-D1-Back-Rear-Wheel-Mount-Panel.wmv" and the related 3D CAD render could be called "LT-REM-D1-Back-Rear-Wheel-Mount-Panel=CAD-v2.png". Note that this is version 3 of the render.

=Video Documentation=
See [[Documentation/Video]]

[[Video Documentation Best Practices]]

==See Also==
*[[Fabrication Procedure Standards]]
*[[Development]]

Documentation Standards

2011-10-22T15:23:10Z

Rrrojer:

=Introduction=

June 2011 marks a point of shifting the focus to professional documentation standard development at [[Factor e Farm]]. We are at the stage that such documentation is not only indispensable for production runs at Factor e Farm, but also for replication in other places worldwide. Check our [[Fabrication Procedure Standards]].

A proposal for a GVCS documentation template is given in [[Mark J Norton/GVCS Template]].

=Documentation Standards=

We propose the following procedure for developing documentation based on prototyping work at Factor e Farm.

#Upload all media to GitHub repository [https://github.com/organizations/OSE]
#Publish detailed fabrication procedure on wiki
#Fill in with pictures, jpg of CAD files, and links to actual CAD and CAM files in file repository
#Develop an instructional video based on wiki fabrication procedure and any additional material from media FTP repository

=GVCS Documentation=

Each GVCS tool should have OSE wiki pages with sections that deal with the following:

'''Home'''
* Overview
* Detailed Description and Features
* Components
* Product Ecology
** Uses
** Creates
* Solution Statement
* Specifications
* Status
* See Also

'''Research & Development'''
* Overview
* Research
** Goals
** General Design Goals
** Features
* Advantages
* Design
* Funding
* Peer Reviews
* Experiments and Prototypes
* Experimental Results
* Prototype Notes, Observation, Etc.
* Failure Mode Analysis
* Testing Results
* Recommendations for Improvement
* See Also

'''Bill of Materials'''
* Google Docs

'''Manufacturing Instructions'''
* Prepare
** Safety
** Workspace
** Tools
** Raw Materials
* Component Fabrication
** Cut
** Drill
** Misc
* Assembly
* Programming (if any)
* Finish
** Paint
** Test

'''User's Manual'''
* Overview
* Safety Procedures and Considerations
* Operation Procedure
* Maintenance
* Breakdowns and Repair
* Assembly
* Disassembly

=Documentation at Other Locations=

As other locations come online, similar procedures should be implemented to facilitate contributions to the overall project.

=Design Designations and Document Identifiers=

As GVCS and other OSE tools mature, it will become difficult to keep documentation organized. For identification purposes, a standard design iteration naming convention is proposed. Each GVCS tool should be assigned a standard set of initials, LT for LifeTrac as an example. Product iterations (models) can be either identified as P1, P2, etc. or given a descriptive name such as Rear Mounted Engine. Thus, the current LifeTrac-2 would be referred to as a LT-P2 for documentation identification purposes. It is quite possible that several design iterations are needed within a product model, thus the third design of the LifeTrac-2 would be referred to as LT-P2-D3. The first design of the rear mounted engine could be known as LT-REM-D1.

The main point of this identifications scheme is to create a name space that allows all documentation to be grouped together for a single design iteration. Thus, the video that shows how to fabricate the back right wheel mount panel can be called "LT-REM-D1-Back-Rear-Wheel-Mount-Panel.wmv" and the related 3D CAD render could be called "LT-REM-D1-Back-Rear-Wheel-Mount-Panel=CAD-v2.png". Note that this is version 3 of the render.

=Video Documentation=
See [[Documentation/Video]]
[[Video Documentation Best Practices]]

==See Also==
*[[Fabrication Procedure Standards]]
*[[Development]]

User:Rrrojer

2011-10-22T15:18:53Z

Rrrojer: /* Log */

== Log ==

''2011-10-20''

''2011-10-21''
* Script for LifeTrac Valves
* Phone call w/ Brianna
* Filmed CEB being moved

''2011-10-20''
* Cleaned Kitchen
* File Management - Archived FCP project files onto OSE_02 - http://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/usermanual/index.html#chapter=94%26section=10
* File Management - Moved Capture Scratch onto OSE_02
* Began [[Video Documentation Best Practices]]
* Copied & logged Briana's footage

''2011-10-19''
* Blogged Controller Box Instructionals - http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/10/dedicated-project-visit-rebecca-rojer/
* P/U'd hard drives from Post Office
* File Management - Time Machine
* Gathered Kindling
* Read through [[Shuttleworth_Fellowship_Application]], Biz Plan brief

''2011-10-18''
* Final pass, upload on Controller Box Instructional
* Wood-Burning Stove Installation, Fail
* Brainstorm w/ Marcin on [[2011 Recruitment Campaign]]

''2011-10-17''
* Re-compressed TrueFans Update with correct sequence settings
* Picked Up Wood-Burning Stove
* Edited Controller Box Instructional

''2011-10-16''
* Shot, edited & published TrueFans Update - http://vimeo.com/30660860
* Diagram of wiring for Controller Box - http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/File:Ceb-controllerbox-small.png

''2011-10-15''
* Script for Controller Box Video

''2011-10-14''
* Concrete Poured - took footage
* Uploaded Soldering Instructional - http://vimeo.com/30576131
* B-Roll for Controller Box Video

''2011-10-13''
* Edited Soldering Instructional
* Helped w/ concrete forms & gravel pushing

''2011-10-12''
* Ordered 2 [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003B8PPEY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER Western Digital 1 TB bus-powered external hard drives] via Amazon ($79.99 each) for video storage & backup.
* Script for LED Soldering Vid

==General Notes==
* Convert all footage in compressor to apple prores, 29.97fps
* Try to think in steps

==To Do==
''To-Do''
* Find & Upload Files for Brianna
* Script for LifeTrac Valves
* Script for CEB Fabrication:
** Plates
** Primary Arms
** Secondary Arms
** Drawer
** Adjusting the Drawer Members
** Hopper
** Shaker Motor
* Vid for [[Shuttleworth_Fellowship_Application]]
* Script for Recruitment Video

''Dream''
List of videos from Ian:
# Fabrication o of sensor units for CEB press from raw components to encapsulated sensor
# Fabrication steps for soil loading drawer
# Edit of assembly procedure for entire frame, starting from components
# Building hopper shaker assembly
# Building of hopper superstructure and connection to frame
# Asembly and function of cylinder ajusters: forward, side to side, and drawer adjusters
# Documentation of CEB machine dimensions, piece by piece
# Hydrauilics hookup and operation procedure
# Brick pressing sequence explanation
# Sawmill: operation procedures from existing footage
# Tractor: wheel attachment procedure
# Tractor: loader mounting procedure
# Power Cube: overall assembly procedure starting from raw parts
# Soil pulverizer: overall assembly procedure
# Power Cube: wiring walkthrough
# CEB press: field operating procedure from setup to bricks pressed

* Research uploading video to archive.org for ease of crowd-sourced video editing

== About ==

* [[Rebecca_Rojer | Team Culturing Survey]]
* [[Rebecca_Rojer_Dedicated_Project_Visit_Application | DPV Application]]
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User:Rrrojer

2011-10-22T15:18:28Z

Rrrojer: /* To Do */

== Log ==

''2011-10-21''
* Script for LifeTrac Valves
* Phone call w/ Brianna
* Filmed CEB being moved

''2011-10-20''
* Cleaned Kitchen
* File Management - Archived FCP project files onto OSE_02 - http://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/usermanual/index.html#chapter=94%26section=10
* File Management - Moved Capture Scratch onto OSE_02
* Began [[Video Documentation Best Practices]]
* Copied & logged Briana's footage

''2011-10-19''
* Blogged Controller Box Instructionals - http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/10/dedicated-project-visit-rebecca-rojer/
* P/U'd hard drives from Post Office
* File Management - Time Machine
* Gathered Kindling
* Read through [[Shuttleworth_Fellowship_Application]], Biz Plan brief

''2011-10-18''
* Final pass, upload on Controller Box Instructional
* Wood-Burning Stove Installation, Fail
* Brainstorm w/ Marcin on [[2011 Recruitment Campaign]]

''2011-10-17''
* Re-compressed TrueFans Update with correct sequence settings
* Picked Up Wood-Burning Stove
* Edited Controller Box Instructional

''2011-10-16''
* Shot, edited & published TrueFans Update - http://vimeo.com/30660860
* Diagram of wiring for Controller Box - http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/File:Ceb-controllerbox-small.png

''2011-10-15''
* Script for Controller Box Video

''2011-10-14''
* Concrete Poured - took footage
* Uploaded Soldering Instructional - http://vimeo.com/30576131
* B-Roll for Controller Box Video

''2011-10-13''
* Edited Soldering Instructional
* Helped w/ concrete forms & gravel pushing

''2011-10-12''
* Ordered 2 [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003B8PPEY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER Western Digital 1 TB bus-powered external hard drives] via Amazon ($79.99 each) for video storage & backup.
* Script for LED Soldering Vid

==General Notes==
* Convert all footage in compressor to apple prores, 29.97fps
* Try to think in steps

==To Do==
''To-Do''
* Find & Upload Files for Brianna
* Script for LifeTrac Valves
* Script for CEB Fabrication:
** Plates
** Primary Arms
** Secondary Arms
** Drawer
** Adjusting the Drawer Members
** Hopper
** Shaker Motor
* Vid for [[Shuttleworth_Fellowship_Application]]
* Script for Recruitment Video

''Dream''
List of videos from Ian:
# Fabrication o of sensor units for CEB press from raw components to encapsulated sensor
# Fabrication steps for soil loading drawer
# Edit of assembly procedure for entire frame, starting from components
# Building hopper shaker assembly
# Building of hopper superstructure and connection to frame
# Asembly and function of cylinder ajusters: forward, side to side, and drawer adjusters
# Documentation of CEB machine dimensions, piece by piece
# Hydrauilics hookup and operation procedure
# Brick pressing sequence explanation
# Sawmill: operation procedures from existing footage
# Tractor: wheel attachment procedure
# Tractor: loader mounting procedure
# Power Cube: overall assembly procedure starting from raw parts
# Soil pulverizer: overall assembly procedure
# Power Cube: wiring walkthrough
# CEB press: field operating procedure from setup to bricks pressed

* Research uploading video to archive.org for ease of crowd-sourced video editing

== About ==

* [[Rebecca_Rojer | Team Culturing Survey]]
* [[Rebecca_Rojer_Dedicated_Project_Visit_Application | DPV Application]]
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User:Rrrojer

2011-10-21T20:48:50Z

Rrrojer: /* Log */

== Log ==

''2011-10-21''
* Script for LifeTrac Valves
* Phone call w/ Brianna
* Filmed CEB being moved

''2011-10-20''
* Cleaned Kitchen
* File Management - Archived FCP project files onto OSE_02 - http://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/usermanual/index.html#chapter=94%26section=10
* File Management - Moved Capture Scratch onto OSE_02
* Began [[Video Documentation Best Practices]]
* Copied & logged Briana's footage

''2011-10-19''
* Blogged Controller Box Instructionals - http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/10/dedicated-project-visit-rebecca-rojer/
* P/U'd hard drives from Post Office
* File Management - Time Machine
* Gathered Kindling
* Read through [[Shuttleworth_Fellowship_Application]], Biz Plan brief

''2011-10-18''
* Final pass, upload on Controller Box Instructional
* Wood-Burning Stove Installation, Fail
* Brainstorm w/ Marcin on [[2011 Recruitment Campaign]]

''2011-10-17''
* Re-compressed TrueFans Update with correct sequence settings
* Picked Up Wood-Burning Stove
* Edited Controller Box Instructional

''2011-10-16''
* Shot, edited & published TrueFans Update - http://vimeo.com/30660860
* Diagram of wiring for Controller Box - http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/File:Ceb-controllerbox-small.png

''2011-10-15''
* Script for Controller Box Video

''2011-10-14''
* Concrete Poured - took footage
* Uploaded Soldering Instructional - http://vimeo.com/30576131
* B-Roll for Controller Box Video

''2011-10-13''
* Edited Soldering Instructional
* Helped w/ concrete forms & gravel pushing

''2011-10-12''
* Ordered 2 [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003B8PPEY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER Western Digital 1 TB bus-powered external hard drives] via Amazon ($79.99 each) for video storage & backup.
* Script for LED Soldering Vid

==General Notes==
* Convert all footage in compressor to apple prores, 29.97fps
* Try to think in steps

==To Do==
''To-Do''
* File Mgmt
* Find & Upload Files for Brianna
* Script for LifeTrac Valves
* Script for CEB Fabrication
* Vid for [[Shuttleworth_Fellowship_Application]]
* Script for Recruitment Video

''Dream''
List of videos from Ian:
# Fabrication o of sensor units for CEB press from raw components to encapsulated sensor
# Fabrication steps for soil loading drawer
# Edit of assembly procedure for entire frame, starting from components
# Building hopper shaker assembly
# Building of hopper superstructure and connection to frame
# Asembly and function of cylinder ajusters: forward, side to side, and drawer adjusters
# Documentation of CEB machine dimensions, piece by piece
# Hydrauilics hookup and operation procedure
# Brick pressing sequence explanation
# Sawmill: operation procedures from existing footage
# Tractor: wheel attachment procedure
# Tractor: loader mounting procedure
# Power Cube: overall assembly procedure starting from raw parts
# Soil pulverizer: overall assembly procedure
# Power Cube: wiring walkthrough
# CEB press: field operating procedure from setup to bricks pressed

* Research uploading video to archive.org for ease of crowd-sourced video editing

== About ==

* [[Rebecca_Rojer | Team Culturing Survey]]
* [[Rebecca_Rojer_Dedicated_Project_Visit_Application | DPV Application]]
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User:Rrrojer

2011-10-21T01:27:47Z

Rrrojer: /* Log */

== Log ==

''2011-10-20''
* Cleaned Kitchen
* File Management - Archived FCP project files onto OSE_02 - http://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/usermanual/index.html#chapter=94%26section=10
* File Management - Moved Capture Scratch onto OSE_02
* Began [[Video Documentation Best Practices]]
* Copied & logged Briana's footage

''2011-10-19''
* Blogged Controller Box Instructionals - http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/10/dedicated-project-visit-rebecca-rojer/
* P/U'd hard drives from Post Office
* File Management - Time Machine
* Gathered Kindling
* Read through [[Shuttleworth_Fellowship_Application]], Biz Plan brief

''2011-10-18''
* Final pass, upload on Controller Box Instructional
* Wood-Burning Stove Installation, Fail
* Brainstorm w/ Marcin on [[2011 Recruitment Campaign]]

''2011-10-17''
* Re-compressed TrueFans Update with correct sequence settings
* Picked Up Wood-Burning Stove
* Edited Controller Box Instructional

''2011-10-16''
* Shot, edited & published TrueFans Update - http://vimeo.com/30660860
* Diagram of wiring for Controller Box - http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/File:Ceb-controllerbox-small.png

''2011-10-15''
* Script for Controller Box Video

''2011-10-14''
* Concrete Poured - took footage
* Uploaded Soldering Instructional - http://vimeo.com/30576131
* B-Roll for Controller Box Video

''2011-10-13''
* Edited Soldering Instructional
* Helped w/ concrete forms & gravel pushing

''2011-10-12''
* Ordered 2 [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003B8PPEY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER Western Digital 1 TB bus-powered external hard drives] via Amazon ($79.99 each) for video storage & backup.
* Script for LED Soldering Vid

==General Notes==
* Convert all footage in compressor to apple prores, 29.97fps
* Try to think in steps

==To Do==
''To-Do''
* File Mgmt
* Find & Upload Files for Brianna
* Script for LifeTrac Valves
* Script for CEB Fabrication
* Vid for [[Shuttleworth_Fellowship_Application]]
* Script for Recruitment Video

''Dream''
List of videos from Ian:
# Fabrication o of sensor units for CEB press from raw components to encapsulated sensor
# Fabrication steps for soil loading drawer
# Edit of assembly procedure for entire frame, starting from components
# Building hopper shaker assembly
# Building of hopper superstructure and connection to frame
# Asembly and function of cylinder ajusters: forward, side to side, and drawer adjusters
# Documentation of CEB machine dimensions, piece by piece
# Hydrauilics hookup and operation procedure
# Brick pressing sequence explanation
# Sawmill: operation procedures from existing footage
# Tractor: wheel attachment procedure
# Tractor: loader mounting procedure
# Power Cube: overall assembly procedure starting from raw parts
# Soil pulverizer: overall assembly procedure
# Power Cube: wiring walkthrough
# CEB press: field operating procedure from setup to bricks pressed

* Research uploading video to archive.org for ease of crowd-sourced video editing

== About ==

* [[Rebecca_Rojer | Team Culturing Survey]]
* [[Rebecca_Rojer_Dedicated_Project_Visit_Application | DPV Application]]
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