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Set by the electronics and mechanics tutors at Loughborough Design School, the brief was to design a machine as a technical demo of the height of one's skill in technology design and implementation. Credit was awarded for impressive features and thoughtful design.
These requirements were set out by the tutors. The product must meet these to qualify as a successful design.
be electrically powered
produce a 'recognisable cup of coffee'
accept a standard AeroPress™ coffee maker
not require any user interaction after initiation (i.e. be fully automatic)
permit quick and easy insertion/removal of the AeroPress™ coffee maker for cleaning
Privacy is one of the core tenets of my design philosophy. This product embodies it by processing all user data offline. Speech recognition, speech synthesis, and facial recognition are all powered by on-board circuitry. The data for speech recognition and facial recognition models are stored locally in secure IC chips.
Repairability is crucial for sustaining the service this coffee machine offers. This machine has been designed from scratch using as many standard/stock components as possible for ease of component sourcing. Custom components are designed for ease of self-manufacture, leveraging a distributed manufacturing model founded on desktop 3D printing.
The components in the machine's power supply and digital control system and their connections are depicted in these schematics.
This schematic depicts the exact connections between all components of the machine in detail.
