Manufacturing Protocols
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Chip
1- Mold making
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Laser engraver hacking
Laser engraver hacking
Bill Of Materials: You could see a complete BoM here (upload the bill).
Amount of time: 3 hours.
Total costs: 100 €.
The laser usually come with a proprietary software that only allow you to engrave images. As the chips are going to be cuttered as a vector we’ll need to install a new laser firmware (into the laser) to be controlled with other software (into the PC connected to the laser).
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Check if your laser could be directly flashable (flash = installing the new firmware) in this link.If the answer is yes, skip to the “software workflow” step. If the answer is no, just continue reading.
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When the Arduino UNO and the CNC Shield with the drivers arrive, substitute the old electronics of the laser with the new ones following this tutorial.The software that you will need to follow this tutorial will be:
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Software workflow
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Calibration
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Cutting
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2- PDMS casting
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Preparing PDMS
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Making a vacuum pump and vacuum chamber
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Degassing
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Polymerization process
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3- Plasma bonding
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Modding a microwave
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Calibrating the microwave
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Baking the PDMS
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4- Closing the microfluidic circuit
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Choosing the pump, the tubing and the connectors
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Troubleshooting the leaks
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