MAS.863
How to Make (Almost) Anything
Provides a practical hands-on introduction to digital fabrication, including CAD/CAM/CAE, NC machining, 3-D printing and scanning, molding and casting, composites, laser and waterjet cutting, PCB design and fabrication; sensors and actuators; mixed-signal instrumentation, embedded processing, and wired and wireless communications. Develops an understanding of these capabilities through projects using them individually and jointly to create functional systems.
Fall 2002
Topics
- Design Tools
- Laser, Waterjet, NC Knife Cutting
- Microcontroller Programming
- Machining
- Circuit Design
- 3D Printing NC Machining
- PCB Design and Fabrication
- Forming and Joining
- Sensors, Actuators, and Displays
- 3D Input
- Wired and Wireless Communications
- Project Presentations
Prerequisites & course information
Same subject as 4.140[J] , 6.9020J Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Fall) 3-9-6 units
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- MIT OpenCourseWare ↗Fall 2002
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.