# Relevant For All Weeks

# Quotes

- Neil Week 2, 2025: 1:11:49 "And so asking which one to use is like asking who you should date"
- Neil Week 2, 2025: "For engineering advices AI is almost always almost right." - Neil
- Neil Week 7, 2025: minute 30 "If you're on windows, I strongly recommend using the Linux subsystem..."
- Neil Week 8, 2025: 16:50 "I like PNGs"
- FA Chat: "Who needs Git when you have OneDrive?"
- Ferdi: "Das verfluchte Outlook"
- (Somebody mumbles something non-understandable) Neil: "Okay"

# Funny Things

[http://archive.fabacademy.org/2019/labs/waag/machine.mp4](http://archive.fabacademy.org/2019/labs/waag/machine.mp4)

# Literature

## Books

- Paul Horowitz, Winfield Hill - The Art of Electronics
- Neil Gershenfeld - FAB: The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop
- http://cba.mit.edu/docs/papers/12.09.FA.pdf
- The Mythical Man Month; The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering by Frederick P. Brooks Jr. | Goodreads
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen | Goodreads
- A system to organise your life • Johnny.Decimal
- [Open Circuits](https://www.amazon.de/Open-Circuits-Beauty-Electronic-Components/dp/1718502346)

Do not use these resources:

- https://annas-archive.org/
- https://sci-hub.st/

## Papers

- Kathrin Smolarczyk - [Let’s get them on board](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212868924000370?via%3Dihub)
- [Spiral Development for Non-Software Product and System Engineering](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378706147_Spiral_Development_for_Non-Software_Product_and_System_Engineering)
- [Engineered Wood, conducting, glowing etc](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41578-020-0195-z)

# Class Times  & Data

## Global Class

Wednesdays at 15:00 - 18:00 CET

[This](http://fabacademy.org/2025/video.html) is the link to the class videoconference and to the recitations:  
The very secure password is 1234

## Local Classes

<table id="bkmrk-local-class-date-tim"><thead><tr><th>Local Class</th><th>Date</th><th>Time</th><th>Lecturer</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>[website with git](https://tu-ilmenau.webex.com/tu-ilmenau/ldr.php?RCID=a2e40392a8659400bd0bced5191e5dde)</td><td>23.01.2025</td><td>9h CET</td><td>Ferdi</td></tr><tr><td>[Wednesday after class](https://tu-ilmenau.webex.com/tu-ilmenau/ldr.php?RCID=324dfbc034263a8717917c48302efd18)</td><td>29.01.2025</td><td>18h CET</td><td>Ferdi</td></tr><tr><td>[FreeCAD](https://us06web.zoom.us/j/96419721473?pwd=SnVJcGJMMk9JazVtMnozVHAxMXVVUT09)</td><td>31.01.2025</td><td>11h CET</td><td>Babken</td></tr><tr><td>[Blender](https://us06web.zoom.us/j/96419721473?pwd=SnVJcGJMMk9JazVtMnozVHAxMXVVUT09)</td><td>30.01.2025</td><td>12h CET</td><td>Ferdi</td></tr><tr><td>[Fusion 360](https://us06web.zoom.us/j/96419721473?pwd=SnVJcGJMMk9JazVtMnozVHAxMXVVUT09)</td><td>30.01.2025</td><td>14h CET</td><td>Saco</td></tr><tr><td>[imagemagick and ffmeg](https://us06web.zoom.us/j/96419721473?pwd=SnVJcGJMMk9JazVtMnozVHAxMXVVUT09)</td><td>30.01.2025</td><td>16h CET</td><td>Henk</td></tr><tr><td>[Codium, Inkscape, Gimp](https://tu-ilmenau.webex.com/tu-ilmenau/ldr.php?RCID=afc50db6d843913f376de9896b4f0239)</td><td>03.02.2025</td><td>9h CET</td><td>Ferdi</td></tr><tr><td>[FreeCAD](https://tu-ilmenau.webex.com/tu-ilmenau/ldr.php?RCID=d0f434dcf40acaf9fe4ffd699a8fc93d)[lego.pdf](uploads/4d36ca682b297f21401caa04c13e6666/lego01.pdf)</td><td>04.02.2025</td><td>14h CET</td><td>Ferdi</td></tr><tr><td>[Computer controlled cutting](https://tu-ilmenau.webex.com/tu-ilmenau/ldr.php?RCID=ce134e9044ba2c9271d061bc4b12eb22)</td><td>06.02.2025</td><td>09h CET</td><td>Ferdi</td></tr><tr><td>[blender 2](https://tu-ilmenau.webex.com/tu-ilmenau/ldr.php?RCID=3afad93fadf690c9894bfdfbfbcfc846)</td><td>10.02.2025</td><td>13h CET</td><td>Ferdi</td></tr></tbody></table>

## FabAcademy bootcamp

[https://academany.fabcloud.io/fabacademy/2025/bootcamp-students/](https://academany.fabcloud.io/fabacademy/2025/bootcamp-students/)

Monday 20.1.2025 15-18h CET and  
Tuesday 20.1.2025 15-18h CET  
http://fabacademy.org/2021/video.html  
https://zoom.us/j/89416278965

## Regional review

Area: North Europe  
Labs: AgriLab, Amsterdam - Waag, Kamp-Lintfort, ULB, Armenia, TU-Ilmenau  
Mentor: Henk, Luc, Ahmed, Nicolas, Ferdi, Babken  
When: Every Wednesday, 13:00 CET  
Where: [https://us06web.zoom.us/j/96419721473](https://us06web.zoom.us/j/96419721473)  
Mattermost Group: https://chat.academany.org/fabacademy-2025/channels/regional-europe---amsterdam---agrilab---dilijan

## MCU (always available video channel)

http://fab.academany.org/2020/mcu.html or:  
https://zoom.us/j/9699009392

## Global open time

Labs: All the world  
Mentor: Rico, Pablo, Adrián  
When: Every Saturday at 10:00 EDT 16:00 CET 15:00 GMT for 1 hour.  
Where: MCU Zoom. meeting ID: 969-900-9392 password: 1234  
Mattermost Group: https://chat.academany.org/fabacademy-2025/channels/global-open-time

## Instructor bootcamp

Monday-Friday Jan 13-17, in-person in Peru and by video in the class conference:

meeting ID: 894 1627 8965, password: 1234\\  
can connect via browser: http://fabacademy.org/2025/video.html\\  
or: https://zoom.us/j/89416278965\\  
or app: https://zoom.us/download\\  
or phone: +1 (669) 900-6833

https://gitlab.fabcloud.org/academany/fabacademy/2025/bootcamp-instructors

CET = Central European Time = Ilmenau time

# Bookmarks

## Fablab

Our TU Ilmenau website on fabacademy.org:  
[https://fabacademy.org/2025/labs/ilmenau/](https://fabacademy.org/2025/labs/ilmenau/)

The general website of fabacademy 2025:  
[https://fabacademy.org/2025/](https://fabacademy.org/2025/)

The inventory of everything a fablab needs:  
[https://inventory.fabcloud.io/](https://inventory.fabcloud.io/)

# Students

[Benedikt](https://fabacademy.org/2025/labs/ilmenau/students/benedikt-feit/)  
[Jakob](https://fabacademy.org/2025/labs/ilmenau/students/jakob-lerch/)  
[Jarni](https://fabacademy.org/2025/labs/ilmenau/students/jarni-castillo/)  
[Matthias](https://fabacademy.org/2025/labs/ilmenau/students/matthias-testa/)  
[Niclas](https://fabacademy.org/2025/labs/ilmenau/students/niclas-starost/)  
[Richard](https://fabacademy.org/2025/labs/ilmenau/students/richard-draxler/)  
[Sophia](https://fabacademy.org/2025/labs/ilmenau/students/sophia-guzman/)  
[Joshua](https://joshuakalina.gitlab.io/fabacademy/)

# VSCode

[Download packages from marketplace](https://gist.github.com/wanglf/7acc591890dc0d8ceff1e7ec9af32a55?permalink_comment_id=5418934#gistcomment-5418934)

# Icons

These are the icons we want to set as cover images for each week. they still need to be downloaded and prepared.

Note that attribution is required. For that you can create a separate page "Attribution" in every week containing the attribution text.

[bootcamp](https://thenounproject.com/icon/startup-bootcamp-7523814/)

[project management &amp; web dev](https://thenounproject.com/icon/web-development-2586087/)

[parametric design](https://thenounproject.com/icon/cad-5506420/)

[computer controlled cutting](https://thenounproject.com/icon/laser-cutting-7040215/)

[embedded programming](https://thenounproject.com/icon/hardware-programming-1619914/)

[3d printing](https://thenounproject.com/icon/3d-printing-6964654/)

[electronics design](https://thenounproject.com/icon/circuit-31678/)

[computer controlled machining](https://thenounproject.com/icon/drilling-machine-7040228/)

[electronics production](https://thenounproject.com/icon/soldering-7298061/)

[Input devices](https://thenounproject.com/icon/switch-6784212/)

[output devices](https://thenounproject.com/icon/led-7037426/)

[molding casting](https://thenounproject.com/icon/casting-7040258/)

[application programming](https://thenounproject.com/icon/programming-interface-3445732/)

[networking](https://thenounproject.com/icon/programming-interface-1119909/)

[system integration](https://thenounproject.com/icon/system-integration-6079689/)

[wildcard](https://thenounproject.com/icon/joker-4214786/)

[intellectual property](https://thenounproject.com/icon/copyright-3882411/)

# Tutorials

How to configure Carvera for Fusion on Windows:  
<video controls="" height="270" src="https://unikat-ilmenau.de/wiki/attachments/23?open=true" width="480"></video>

How to install ffmpeg on Windows:  
<video controls="" height="270" src="https://unikat-ilmenau.de/wiki/attachments/24?open=true" width="480"></video>  
[https://academy.cba.mit.edu/classes/computer\_design/video.html](https://academy.cba.mit.edu/classes/computer_design/video.html)

# Knigge

only<span style="text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-style: single;"> underline</span><span style="text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-style: double;">things that aren't </span><span style="text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; border-bottom: 3px double black; box-shadow: 0 4px 0 black;">underlined yet</span>

# Software

### 2D

- [GIMP](https://www.gimp.org/)
- [BIMP](https://alessandrofrancesconi.it/projects/bimp/)
- Inkscape + Plugins
- [LibreCAD](https://librecad.org/)
- DraftSight
- Mypaint
- Scribus
- [xnconvert](https://www.xnview.com/en/xnconvert/)

### 3D

- [Blender](https://www.blender.org/)<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> + Plugins</span>
- [FreeCAD](https://www.freecadweb.org/)<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> + Plugins</span>
- Rhino 7 + Plugins
- Sketchup
- Kokopelli
- Antimony
- Fusion360
- OpenScad
- Meshlab
- OnShape
- Monolith
- MagicaVoxel
- Meshmixer

### Video

- [Handbrake](https://handbrake.fr/)
- [Kdenlive](https://kdenlive.org/en/)
- [DaVinci Resolve](https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/)
- [OBS Studio](https://obsproject.com/download)
- [VLC](https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html)

### Audio

- [Audacity](https://www.audacityteam.org/)

### Elektronik

- [winavr](https://sourceforge.net/projects/winavr/)<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> oder</span>
- [zadig](https://zadig.akeo.ie/)
- [avrdude](http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/avrdude/avrdude-6.3-mingw32.zip)
- [Fritzing](https://fritzing.org/home/)
- [Arduino](https://www.arduino.cc/)
- [KiCad](https://www.kicad.org/)
- Eagle
- NGSpice / TCLSpice
- [InteractiveHtmlBom](https://github.com/openscopeproject/InteractiveHtmlBom)

### Programmierung

- [VSCodium](https://vscodium.com/)
- [vscode-paste-image](https://github.com/mushanshitiancai/vscode-paste-image/blob/master/README.md)
- [Processing](https://processing.org/)

### Internet

- [Chromium](https://www.google.com/chrome/)

### CAM

- <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Fab-modules / </span>[Mods](https://modsproject.org/)

### 3D-Scanning

- Meshroom

### 3D-Drucken

- Cura
- Slic3r
- Repetier host
- Skeinforge
- OctoPrint
- [Prusaslicer](https://www.prusa3d.com/de/page/prusaslicer_424/)

### Tools

- Universal Gcode Sender
- Universal Gcode Platform
- 7zip
- git
- Atmel GNU Toolchain
- GNU Make
- Slack
- Vokoscreen
- Acrobat reader
- Skype
- Zoom
- [Unity](https://unity3d.com/de)
- [ffmpeg](https://www.ffmpeg.org/)<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>[gui --&gt; 3 Graphical-User-Interface-Applications-using-FFmpeg](https://github.com/amiaopensource/ffmpeg-amia-wiki/wiki/3)-Graphical-User-Interface-Applications-using-FFmpeg "https://github.com/amiaopensource/ffmpeg-amia-wiki/wiki/3)-Graphical-User-Interface-Applications-using-FFmpeg")<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>[for the CLI-lovers](https://ffmpeg.org/download.html)
- ImageMagick
- Slicer (Fusion)
- Modela Player
- CAMotics
- [UVTools](https://github.com/sn4k3/UVtools)

### Compiler

- gcc
- Atmel Studio
- Eclipse + AVR
- Firefly
- Scratch
- PureData
- Python + Module (NumPy, SciPy, matplotlib, Tk, Tkinter…)
- FlatCAM

### Online

- [photopea](https://www.photopea.com/)

### Andere

- Simplify3D
- Rhino
- Solidworks
- XDesign
- Netzwerkfreigabe
- Ftdi Treiber path variable pointing to avr8-gnu-toolchain, GnuWin32, avrdude

# weeks

<table id="bkmrk-week-date-topic-week"><thead><tr><th>week</th><th>date</th><th>topic</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>week01</td><td>22.01.2025</td><td>principles and practices, presentations, introductions , project management</td></tr><tr><td>week02</td><td>29.01.2025</td><td>computer-aided design</td></tr><tr><td>week03</td><td>05.02.2025</td><td>computer-controlled cutting</td></tr><tr><td>week04</td><td>12.02.2025</td><td>embedded programming</td></tr><tr><td>week05</td><td>19.02.2025</td><td>3D scanning and printing</td></tr><tr><td>week06</td><td>26.02.2025</td><td>electronics design</td></tr><tr><td>week07</td><td>05.03.2025</td><td> computer-controlled machining</td></tr><tr><td>week08</td><td>12.03.2025</td><td>electronics production</td></tr><tr><td>week09</td><td>19.03.2025</td><td>input devices</td></tr><tr><td>week10</td><td>26.03.2025</td><td>output devices</td></tr><tr><td>week11</td><td>02.04.2025</td><td>networking and communications</td></tr><tr><td>week12</td><td>09.04.2025</td><td>mechanical design, machine design</td></tr><tr><td>week13</td><td>23.04.2025</td><td>molding and casting</td></tr><tr><td>week14</td><td>30.04.2025</td><td>interface and application programming</td></tr><tr><td>week15</td><td>07.05.2025</td><td>system integration</td></tr><tr><td>week16</td><td>14.05.2025</td><td>wildcard week</td></tr><tr><td>week17</td><td>21.05.2025</td><td>applications and implications, project development</td></tr><tr><td>week18</td><td>28.05.2025</td><td>invention, intellectual property, and income</td></tr><tr><td>week19</td><td>02.06.2025</td><td> weekly assignments deadline</td></tr><tr><td>week20</td><td>09.06.2025</td><td>final project presentations</td></tr></tbody></table>