Final Thesis
Could the phantom electricity load provide enough power to actuate the system of polymer actuators? Can this system become a parasitic consumer of the phantom electricity and can its behavior reflect the intensity of the leaking electricity? Phantom load, or leaking electricity (“phantom load” and “leaking electricity” are defined technical terms with other meanings, adopted for this different [...]
Simple preamplification of the electret microphone. Can be used as sound sensor for the arduino microcontroller. Electronic components needed: electret microphone, transistor 2N3904, two capacitors 0.1 uF, two resistors 10 kohm, one resistor 100 kohm. Input voltage is 3-9 Volts.
An exercise for testing the spatial possibilities of an object which could be actuated with electroactive polymers. All main polygons are linked together with a wire in order to simulate its behavior when actuated. 2-dimensional planes plastic forming the polygons
An electronic test circuit for electroactive polymer actuator. The aim of this circuit is to test the possibility of controlling the polymer actuator with a microcontroller (Arduino). The circuit consits of 3 blocks 1) Variable power supply – provides stable voltage 0-12V and current of 125 mA for the high voltage converter. 2) High voltage [...]
Mechanism for prestretching the VHB films. Film is being applied to the mechanism, stretched in each direction and then fixed to the stable frame.