FastBuildLabs
Hardware Engineering Bootcamp - Summer 2024
Dates: TBD - 8-10 weeks
Welcome to FastBuildLabs
Where Your Engineering Dreams Take Flight
Are you a junior or beginner hardware engineer, ready to supercharge your career and make your mark in the world of innovation? 🚀
Unlock Your Potential
At FastBuildLabs, we're not just another bootcamp.
We're a launchpad for your ambitions, a community of action-takers, and a playground for innovation.
Why Choose FastBuildLabs?
🔍 Curiosity Ignited: Ever wondered how to turn your sketches into real-world prototypes that grab attention?
🛠️ Hands-On Learning: Dive deep into the tools and techniques of hardware engineering, guided by industry experts who've been in your shoes.
🌐 Global Community: Connect with like-minded engineers from around the world in our vibrant Slack workspace.
📈 Results-Oriented: No more endless analysis paralysis. FastBuildLabs teaches you to have a bias towards action, because in the real world, results speak louder than spreadsheets.
Instructional video lessons, and a private Slack workspace where we can discuss and learn together!
Here are some of the topics we'll be covering:
Concept Visualization
- Intro to Sketching
- Advanced Sketching
- Digital Sketching
- Whiteboard Sketching
CAD - (modeling strategies, not software)
- FAST CAD
- Master/Child Modeling
- Mockup (Sketch Model) Techniques
Additive Manufacturing
- DfAM (Design for Additive)
- Additive for Production (who, what, when, how?)
- Technology Overview: SLS, FDM, SLA, DMLS, LFS, CLIP, PJ, FFF,...etc?
- How can you use this technology?
- How should you pick which to use?
Prototyping Strategies
- Teardown Products to Reverse Engineer
- Prototyping you can do (at your desk)
- Prototyping with production vendors
- Prototyping by using Service Bureaus
- Form vs Function Prototyping
- Partial Prototyping
- Interaction Prototyping
- Parallel vs Sequential Prototyping
- Scale Models for Faster Prototyping
- Materials Selection
- Plastics
- Metals
- Composites
- others
- Manufacturing Methods Overview:
- Injection Molding
- Metal Injection Molding
- Overmolding/Insert Molding
- Comolding-Twoshot Molding
- Compression Molding
- Rotomolding
- Extrusion
- CNC Mill/Lathe
- Laser, Waterjet
- Thermoforming
- Sheet Metal
- Stamping
- Die Casting
- others
DFX- Design for X
- Assembly
- Automation
- Cost
- Weight
- Manufacturing
- Packaging
- Ingress Protection (IP Rating)
- ME/EE overlap: (PCBAs):
- Rigid, Rigid Flex, Flex PCBA
- Finding components
- Simplify EE models for lightweight CAD
Documentation
- Drawings/Documentation
- Bill of Materials (BOM) Creation/Management
Sourcing
- Service Bureaus
- DFM with Suppliers
- Finding vendors
What You'll Learn
🎨 Concept Visualization: From sketching to digital design, master the art of bringing your ideas to life.
💡 Additive Manufacturing: Explore the cutting-edge world of 3D printing and learn how to leverage it for rapid prototyping.
🔧 Prototyping Strategies: Go beyond theory and get your hands dirty with real-world prototyping techniques.
🛠️ Manufacturing Methods: From injection molding to CNC machining, discover the methods that shape the products of tomorrow.
📈 DFX - Design for X: Learn to optimize your designs for assembly, cost, weight, and manufacturability.
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Students will get special access real-time feedback on the course content.
I'll teach you about design, development, prototyping, and documentation.
If we get a larger-than-expected turnout, I'll bring in other industry experts to teach some classes on things that I'm not an expert in, like GD&T, Medical Regulatory, Quality, etc.
We'll have weekly live Zoom calls, engineering feedback sessions, and other high-value real-life examples to learn from.
Cost: TBD ($1200-1800 USD) or ($200-800 for video lessons only)
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