W#6 GOBO Batman/Slide projector


W#6 GOBO Batman/Slide projector

v. Stijn De Mil
This PHABLABS 4.0 workshop is developed as a workshop for children from 10 to 14years old. The concept of PHABLABS 4.0 is based on combining the world of Photonics with the growing creative ecosystem of existing Fab Labs. But this workshop is also perfectly usable as a STEM-project in education. During this workshop we learn the teachers how to set up this workshop in classroom.
The GOBO Batman/Slide projector is an optical system based on lenses. Two lenses are used. The first one is to make the divergent light coming from the LED into parallel light (collimation). This is done to make sure the slide gets enough light evenly distributed over the slide. The distance of the second lens to the slide can be changed in order to get the image in focus.  
Relevance
This workshop is relevant for physics or STEM teachers who teach children from 10 to 14 years old. This workshop can be used as an introduction in laser cutting and in optics/photonics (lens effect). Requirements for performing the workshop in classroom: having a laser cutter/soldering iron.
Participants
Maximum number of participants: 20
Technology
Laser cutting, Soldering, Lens effects
Materials
We will bring the tools to make the projector: a laser cutter, soldering irons
We will bring the consumables for each participant: Spherical lenses, LED (11V), DC-to-DC converter (3 to 30V), USB cable, electric cables, USB power bank, wood
References
www.phablabs.eu
WORKSHOPHOLDER
Navn
Stijn De Mil
Stilling
CEO FablabFactory
Arbejdsplads
FablabFactory Aalst, Belgium
Ing. Stijn De Mil (male) graduated in 2001 as Engineer in Electronics.  From 2001 – 2006 he was lecturer in electronics and computer networks at ODISEE university college in Ghent.  From 2006 – 2007 he worked as an automation and process engineer at Garmat. In 2007 he went back to the academic world and started lecturing again until 2015 at the Erasmus university college of Brussels. Here he started FabLab Brussels in 2011, and developed a lot of projects and programs for education, social innovation and incubation.  In 2013 he started a pilot project – FabLab@School – in the Sint-Joseph highschool of Erpe-Mere, which resulted in the founding of FabLab Erpe-Mere in 2014. In 2015 Stijn started the company FabLab Factory.