LOC are small chipboard building pieces that can be used to make building structures easily and efficiently. These were made in an effort to explore inexpensive building tools for robotics and engineering education. With iterations in design, some of these pieces can also be used to build circuits and program other components in the kit such as LEDs and servos. This getting started guide breaks down the steps to create your LOC tools kit from the laser cutting process to setting up the circuits. The process of laser-cutting your own pieces is more expensive than the materials and assumes you have access to a soldering iron and laser cutter.
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Download the Following Files Pieces.svg The following file contains the svg of the pieces in a kit. There are 8 different pieces in the file but feel free to adapt them to your needs. |
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Download the Following Files LOCBox.svg
QRcode.svg The following file contains the svg of the LOC box. This is not a requirement of the kit but is nice to have. The box is cut but the LOC logo and QR codes are etched onto the chipboard and thus require different settings |
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Set Up Pieces When making pieces that you wish to build to make a circuit, it is important to know the pieces you want to make beforehand. And to have mapped out how the circuit will look. Get a role of copper tape and cut 1/2 inch pieces to go where the pieces slide into each other. Cut 1 inch pieces for corners and 1 1/2 inch pieces of copper tape for straight lines. |
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