How this Actuator Survived 100,000,000 FLAPS
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- Опубликовано: 12 июн 2024
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Time Makers:
00:00 - Intro
00:43 - Making it faster
02:24 - Making it durable
07:48 - Final Design
08:21 - Applications
Music:
Falla Upp - Lo Mimieux
Build With Me - Isola James
Way of the Walk - Dusty Decks
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I can't help but be disappointed you didn't call it the flaptuator.
😂
Just brand name it the "Fap, fap".
Flap? Flap flap!
Flap flap flap? FLAP!
flap
Not my proudest flap
Flapperjappers.
It looks to me as if you are doing a phd on pcb actuator. At first it started as a fun little expériement but with each video. I feel like you're improving your skill in R&D. Good job man.
@@iridium8341 FOUND THE GUY WITH NO FRIENDS^
@@DakotaDinwoodie probably a virgin too
I have no idea what this is gonna be used for what it could be used for but I’m extremely impressed with your dedication to making the best thing you can. Cool stuff don’t stop creating.
4:20 Its used for mining bitcoins, they put a coin on the magnet
@@warrenarnold I thought bit coin was a product of block chain tech that puts two computers in a singular computation and if both computers get the same answer, a bit coin is created?
@@ajjskins They put a pickaxe on the flap and a bitcoin underneath it and it mines the coin
This statement tells us that you haven't watched the video nor read the description: 08:21 - Applications
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Absolutely incredible! Super attention to detail and persistence which lead to these amazing results!
thanks!
@@CarlBugeja it's funny that persistence is that got you into this project in the first place!
Hey - i think i heard everything but i dont know the idea and purpose of this flaps?
You are the Wintergatan of pcb design. Amazing work.
The reason why your double sided actuator didn’t twist is because the two sides added off-axis rigidity. Because of the linear motion of your actuator, it was always going to tend to twist if it had a single pole along its axis of motion (an example of this is objects in space tending to spin). I love the methodology you used to avoid problems that otherwise would have remained elusive.
These are super exciting! Any other ideas for novel actuators on your mind? (1st time watcher and subscriber)
Wonderful project evolving over time. I imagine folk who build shop window displays would love the opportunity to add gently flapping butterflies into their builds using this tech.
Keep up the great work 👍😀
My idea is to uses 2,073,600 of these in a grid 1920x1080 flapping at 30 or maybe 60hz to make a projector.
I like the little progress, because it shows the real world and that such an Projekt is Not makeable in 1 Week
These actuators make me smile 😊. Video was very informative. Excellent job.
Hey Carl, this project sure has evolved! It's been a real treat watching your iterative process in action. Thank you for sharing, and keep up the great work!
Man, you're the reason I love RUclips. Great job putting your work, problem solving skills, and tenacity up here for all to see. 👍🏼👍🏼
Your projects are always so interesting. thank you for continuing to share and inspire Carl.
Best video in the series so far! Loved the testing all the different designs
Very happy to see your progress from initial stage to robust builds.
I love the walkthrough of your issues and troubleshooting. Very cool to see your thought process.
Have you thought of or tested using a second coil instead of the rare earth magnet? Using a square wave 90 degrees out of phase with each other so that they could take turns attracting and repelling each other? It may reduce costs and speedup replacement of failed units.
your dedication to this research is both amazing and admirable! Keep it up!
The amount of work and careful effort you put into this is amazing. Keep making incredible things !
Always delightful to see someone to take reliability so seriously. Kudos man.
Always awesome to see someone doing things differently!
Love your actuators!
Imagine the revolution you gonna make when this will be applied to music instruments like clarinet ??????
You have really made a tremendous breakthrough .
Beautiful Work Carl! Has been very interesting following this project. Looking forward to more in the future!
This has a similar motion to a reed valve in a two-stroke engine. It could be a cool application or you could draw from reed design literature if you'd like to improve your design further. Great video, thank you!
Would be interesting to see an electromagnet on the stiff side and a sensor that detects the distance so it can pull it a certain distance when it's safe to and doesn't need to physically slam up against it
I love the way you tested and tested to make sure you could make a quality product. Please keep it up. You are doing great!
Thank you for showing the steps that lead to the final thing..the failures, the changes, the smallest of things that can lead to some major improvements..
Hey, absolutely incredible video, as always! An interesting idea might be to build some sort of mechanical relay out of this, maybe even logic gates. Could be cool if one could build a computer out of nothing but (flex-)PCB!
What about a flapper optimized for "airflow"? Might be useful for cooling applications.
Fans would still be better at moving air. And if something can be cooled by flappers then maybe passive cooling is sufficient.
That exists! It doesn't looks that different from this but flaps way faster, you can see it on LTT
I can see this being used for sound sculptures and synthesis too
first thought: flappy bird actuator
Very informative video as usual👍 Bravo!!👏👏
Can you ramp the voltage up and down to control the rate that the actuators open or close? Butterflies normally flap their wings kind of slowly and in a controlled manner -- they don't just snap them open and then shut again. Same with flower petals. If you can make things open and close at the speed you want that would be really cool.
Really Great Example of Jigs/Processes for Testing like this at the “Mid-Scale Manufacturing” / Maker-scale!
Can you hang a couple of these from some string and then tune the system to constructively interfere with each other and create some larger oscillatory motion? If so that would be an interesting (though impractical) replacement for the rhythm of a clock.
Very interesting idea. The flaps definitely could benefit of Berrylium Copper tracks as it's one of the most flexible and yet resilient material.
I love seeing the whole process
Thank you for your knowledge. Very interesting.
Incredible stuff! I wonder if its applications can be extended to some form of ornithopter flight mechanism!
You might want to start doing finite element analysis to get a better idea of your actuator's mechanical response, particularly torsional stiffness. Autodesk and FreeCAD can do it.
very neat stuff! You're running into PCB failures we usually only get to see on rare occasions after millions of units have been in the field for years. Awesome seeing people pushing this tech to its breaking point!
One of the best engineering videos I've seem in years. Fantastic work Sir.
For future versions, have you looked into steel wires for connectors? I believe generally steel has better performance with respect to fatigue than copper
Yes. Depends on the type of steel.
Could this be used for air circulation?
it can but it won't be very effective compare to other fans - i made a video on this topica few months ago ruclips.net/video/Rm4wyXis4Tg/видео.html
I really enjoy this kind of hardware dev vlog content. Not boring at all to me!
Never a boring video Carl! Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing!
They remind me of insect wings. Do you get any wind off them?
not that much - ruclips.net/video/Rm4wyXis4Tg/видео.html
Fabulous research. I can’t wait to find out what the flapper would be good for.
100,000,000 like... It's wonderful work Mr. Bugeja 👍👋
Great video. Love seeing the design challenges. Really demonstrates the reality of engineering.
I loved seeing your process!! Good job on this :)
Keep it up. I always learn something from your videos.
What a wonderful design, and an AMAZING MASTERCLASS in the design PROCESS a skilled engineer uses to iterate their project from one version to the next and how to properly test said design before going to market. Id love to have a few of these in my electronics box for projects just incase they're needed, but moneys too tight right now, so I'll just say well done sir!
I didnt know i was interested in this, thanks youtube. Enjoyed seeing all the testing and steps you went through to get that final version done.
So talented! Once I establish myself as a Maker I am soo going to hit you up. Your hardware and some of my ideas 💡 ... The applications are endless. Amazing work sir! Please keep sharing!
Awesome details on the design and testing process, so many applications 😮
so fun to see the process! Thanks for sharing this
Such and underrated channel, im happy RUclips suggested it. Keep it up man!
Congratulations for the clever and precise product research project
Awesome stuff man, freaking great job!
iziek how nice! Well done! Looking forward to seeing more applications done with this.
You didn't bore me to death and I can clearly see your love for the craft.
What I'm curious about is simply the future of these ideas 💡
if you add a reflective surface, maybe even something mirror-like, the flap can be used as a pov-display WITHOUT adding the led's weight to the flap. just put the leds in a black box with a narrow slit, pointed at the mirror-flap...
Really awesome work man. I can think of a lot of fun applications
Amazing advancements, always fascinating to watch your progress.
I wonder what the upper limit on frequency would be if you increased the stiffness of the flapper and reduced travel distance!
If you could make audible frequencies, could have cool applications for tone/vibration generation
Thanks for the experiment, it was very interesting!
hey the progress is great!
This is an amazing video with great research, im glad I watched.
This was just fun to watch. Thanks for the good time, dude.
Definitely very important and application rich work. Great job Sir
This is amazing! I wish I had this guys energy.
Bad ass man!! Fist video I watched from you and you just kept at it!! Great work!
Keep it up. I have seen your videos about this and it's very interesting watching you develop your project.
My respect, keep it up!
Absolute innovation at its finest. This dudes going places with a brain that big
Crazy to go sooo deep in one projekt
Your flexible heater drew me in but this video made me a subscriber, keep up the amazing work.
I have no idea what I watched this the entire way though, and most of the information went over my head but you did a good job 👍
perfected this, well done!
Very well done, Carl. I really like the 'adding LED's' topic... That has some promising technology-meets-art applications.
Awesome, could definitely call this a compliant design.
Well done sir! We are proud of you!
Hey Carl, look into the flex PCB i-beam effect. If you put traces directly over each other on the top and bottom layer, it creates more stress in the copper than if the traces were offset.
this was awesome to watch - I wish you the best of luck in the future
very cool :) Ive been interested in this for a while
Saw this on my recommendations, now I'm intrigued...
Can't wait to make a butterfly drone out of these
What an interesting video, has been months since i last saw something that much interesting being suggested to me by youtube.
Well I suppose your flaps have big potential as PIXELS for huge outdoor displays. With zero power consumption as well - for static images. Well done, don't stop!
Very well done Sir.
I have no idea how this got into my feed but I enjoyed it :)
There is a place in heaven for people whop works hard to make reliable and durable things.
Excellent work
incredible work, sir.
Look forward to seeing many more improvements.
I kept thinking of solutions and the next thing you know, you were implementing those solutions! It was fun sort of working along with you in that way. I did wonder early on why you hadn't tried double arm flexors (I think you're right that the magnetic field twisted the single arm flap off axis).
This was awesome mate 😊
You have flappin good projects
well done. this is impressive work.
I think there are applications beyond art. The immediate use case I see is a valve. There are cases where you may want to prevent dust going between two locations, and covering a hole with a flap is one solution.