Blue Magnet
engineering for medical research
CAD / CAM
Blue Magnet uses Autodesk Fusion 360, a computer aided design and manufacture (CAD/CAM) system that is capable of animation, simulation and PCB design. This enables the design of ergonomic and irregular-shaped printed circuit boards to fit bespoke enclosures.
The above image is the response box enclosure for a Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) response box, designed and built by Blue Magnet for the Interventional Systems Neuroscience laboratory at Imperial College London. The device incorporates a Teensy micro-controller that runs a visual task to test how visual processing is disrupted by alternating current stimulation when specific frequencies are applied to the occipital lobe.
This collaboration incorporates multiple universities across the EU.
The prototype 3D printed response box enclosure for the tACS challenge project. This is printed on an Ultimaker S5, arguably the best fused deposition modeling (FDM) printer available. The printer contains a second print head to print using a water soluble PVA plastic which enables the user to print complex shapes that require support.
The completed module, 3D printed in laser sintered nylon. Extremely high resolution, tough, durable and easy to keep clean.
Blue Magnet also uses SolidWorks; this is a solid modeling computer aided design (CAD) and computer aided engineering (CAE) package that is capable of evaluating performance by setting up virtual real-world environments. This enables the designer to test a range of parameters such as durability, static and dynamic response, assembly motion, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, and plastic injection molding.
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