WORKSHOP MECHATRONICS

PROJECT -N

Presented by –Joseph Anem S.Rahul Guptha

Kolla sai kumar
Manohar
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
• Nikolaus House is also known as House of Santa Claus.
• Character Game for Children.

Fun Fact:
A history of this drawing game is not known .But there is a saying “If
you can’t do this,you won’t get a husband”
Introduction
• Pen plotters are friendly robots from a not so distant past. It is the
missing link between pencils and laser printers.
• It can draw a Nikolas house with use of microcontroller and various
electrical and mechanical components.
• Pen plotters print by moving a pen or other instrument across the
surface of a piece of paper.
Organisation Chart
V-MODEL
Morphological Chart
Components
• DC geared Motor 5V • Pulleys
• Connecting Rods
• Motor driver (L298N) • Pen holder
• Microcontroller (Arduino UNO) • SIDE HOLDERS
• Adaptor for power supply • Rod Supporter
• 3D printer parts • Screws
• Pulleys
• Timing belt
• Ultrasonic Sensor
DESIGN PHASE
• Before manufacturing parts
using a 3D printer, we create the
design of components using
SolidWorks3D.
• Design of components is
necessary because the diagram
should be containing the correct
dimension .
• Following image shows our
developed design.
Wiring Diagram
• As we can see in image, it shows the
electrical schematic diagram of circuit.
• Two motor are connected with motor
driver and the motor driver is connected
with Arduino UNO controller.
• Motor driver take the command from the
controller and controller is connected
with the Computer via USB cable.
• There are also limit switch(Ultrasonic) to
bind the plotter in limit.
• All this connections are possible with help
of breadboard.

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PROGRAMMING
• While programming the
controller in Arduino IDE
software to draw Nikolaus house,
we have used above showed two
images as reference.
• By considering the both image
we have prepared the code for
the Nikolaus house. With help of
these diagrams, it is very easy to
code any 2 dimensional lines in
Arduino UNO.
Advantages

• Plotter may print on a wide variety of materials and thus offer its user
many options.
• Efficiency, reproducibility, accuracy and speed are all attributes of a
plotter. Plotters can save all patterns and templates on disk and
eliminate the hassle of having to load the same patterns or templates
over and over again.
• Additionally, the same pattern can be drawn thousands of time
without any degradation.
Limitations

• Due to more mechanical parts and many

wiring connections, it needs to check
and maintain frequency. That will
increase the cost of maintenance.
• It only can draw 2 dimensional drawing
and the pen can not be lift up during the
operation.
• Can be drawn only continuous drawing.
• A little bit noisy due to DC geared motor.
• Timing belt would be worn out due to
friction and operational uses.
Future scope

• Uisng of Ultrsonic sensor on Both Sides as a Limit Switches

• We can use the servo motor at pen holder to lift up and lift down the
pen while needed.
• With use of servo motor, possible to draw some complex drawing
without any further improvement
• Instead of DC geared motor, stepper motor also can be used for
smoother and more accurate drawing.
Problem summary
(challenges)