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How to order safety stickers

We use the supplier Diginate.com for these stickers, heres how to place the order: Go to the Dig...

Updated 1 week ago by Tom Lynch

ReadMe๐Ÿšฉ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸCheck the machine before you started

Digital Fabrication Lab 3D Printers

3D Printing Workflow Manual From slicing to post-print care โ€” applies to UltiMaker Cura 3D print...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Yuwei Chen

Tolerances

Digital Fabrication Lab 3D Printers

Dimensional Accuracy and Tolerances Typical accuracy for FDM printers is around ยฑ0.1 mm, but for ...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Yuwei Chen

UltiMaker 3D Printer Guide ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ

Digital Fabrication Lab 3D Printers

Important Reminders (Read First) Monitor the first few layers. Stay with the machine and watch t...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Yuwei Chen

Troubleshooting

Digital Fabrication Lab 3D Printers

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Troubleshooting Guide Common issues in FDM 3D printing and how to deal with them. Applies to U...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Yuwei Chen

How to solder properly

Physical Computing Lab Soldering & Electronics Bench

For the beginner who just started physical computing, there is always an unavoidable challenge - ...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Ruiyang Wang

Electronics Fabrication Tips, Tools and Resources

Physical Computing Lab

Here at the CCI, only a few courses require students to go beyond breadboard prototyping of circu...

Updated 2 weeks ago by agnes cameron

How To Connect To The CCI Slack

How To Guides

Slack is a workplace communication platform and is the primary way that we communicate at the CCI...

Updated 2 weeks ago by agnes cameron

About the Dark Lab

Dark Lab

The Dark Lab is located on the Ground floor of Greencoat Building, in GB_G05. This space can be ...

Updated 3 weeks ago by Lieven van Velthoven

Who can access CCI technical resources?

About Technical Resources

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Updated 3 weeks ago by Tom Lynch

Plugins

Digital Fabrication Lab 3D Printers

Go to the Marketplace in Ultimaker Cura (at the right side of the top navi bar). Install the rec...

Updated 3 weeks ago by Yuwei Chen

Design Your Objects

Digital Fabrication Lab 3D Printers

Design Your Model Recommended software: Fusion 360 or Nomad/Zbrush. (Rhino is nice if you are fa...

Updated 3 weeks ago by Yuwei Chen

Glossary

Digital Fabrication Lab 3D Printers

Nozzle We have two types of nozzles: AA and BB, and two nozzle sizes available to use: 0.8 mm an...

Updated 3 weeks ago by Yuwei Chen

Blender Object Preparing

Digital Fabrication Lab 3D Printers

Fusion360 is recommened, and Blender for 3D Printing would be harder but not banned, here are som...

Updated 3 weeks ago by Yuwei Chen

How to do working at height training

How To Guides

Read the attached training. Complete the Quiz on ORB.

Updated 3 weeks ago by Tom Lynch

Knitting With Conductive Yarn

eTextiles Lab Working with Conductive Yarns and Threads

Knitting is a really versatile and flexible way to integrate sensors and other conductive materia...

Updated 4 weeks ago by Rosie Walker

Using the Brother PR1055X Embroidery Machine

eTextiles Lab Digital Embroidery

To use this machine, you must have had an induction from one of the technical staff. This guide i...

Updated 4 weeks ago by Rosie Walker

Using NAO V6

Robotics Lab How To Guides

Broken: NAO V6 is currently not functional due to unknown boot issues. Usage Guidelines Please r...

Updated 1 month ago by Rohit Ramesh Thampy

Robots and components we have

Robotics Lab

Robots Item Quantity Image Universal Robot UR5e 1 Dobot Magician V2 2 QTrobot 1 G...

Updated 1 month ago by Rohit Ramesh Thampy

HOUSE RULES

Dark Lab

We welcome everyone to the Dark Lab! The Lab is currently open to anyone (within term time). All ...

Updated 1 month ago by Lieven van Velthoven