MechCircuit：集成电子、机械和磁铁功能的激光切割技术
冯书阅，姚琤，林伟嘉，姚嘉玉，张超，贾钟毓，柳丽娟，Masulani Bokola，陈航悦，应放天，王冠云
激光切割彻底改变了个人制作原型的方式。这些物体可以通过采用不同材料具有可变属性，并通过整合电子电路实现互动。然而，激光切割的物体中的电路总是具有有限的移动性，这限制了激光切割实现具有更复杂可移动功能（如机械结构）的互动原型。我们提出了MechCircuit，这是一个用于通过激光切割制作机械电子物体的设计和制造流程。我们利用钕磁铁的磁性和导电性将电子元件和机械结构连接集成到原型中。我们进行了评估，探索技术参数，并评估制造流程的实际可行性。我们还组织了一个面向非专业用户的用户观察研讨会。通过产生的原型，结果证明了MechCircuit作为一种有用和激发灵感的原型制作方法的可行性。
Shuyue Feng, Cheng Yao, Jiayu Yao, Chao Zhang, Zhongyu Jia, Lijuan Liu, Masulani Bokola, Hangyue Chen, Fangtian Ying, Guanyun Wang
Laser cutting revolutionizes the creation of personal-fabricated prototypes. These objects can have transformable properties by adopting diferent materials and be interactive by integrating elec-tronic circuits. However, circuits in laser-cut objects always have limited movements, which refrains laser cutting from achieving interactive prototypes with more complex movable functions like mechanisms. We propose MechCircuit, a design and fabrication pipeline for making mechanical-electronical objects with laser cut-ting. We leverage the neodymium magnet’s natures of magnetism and conductivity to integrate electronics and mechanical struc-ture joints into prototypes. We conduct the evaluation to explore technological parameters and assess the practical feasibility of the fabrication pipeline. And we organized a user-observing workshop for non-expert users. Through the outcoming prototypes, the re-sult demonstrates the feasibility of MechCircuit as a useful and inspiring prototyping method.
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