FabAcademy 2022

About me

My name is Thinlay Namgyal and i am from Bhutan(Asia). I did my Batchelors Degree at Gedu College of Business Studies under Royal University of Bhutan but i couldnt get my degree as i failed to manage time, I was carried away by my interest in outdoor games. Nevertheless having wasted 5 years in college I realized and learned a lot of lessons about life and convinced myself not to regret about what has already happened and to look forward and move forward in life. And accordingly I successfully completed my Diploma in Financial Management from Royal Institue of Management(2018 - 2020). After that i joined Desuup which shaped me to the better version of myself which i would have never found out otherwise.

I have a Diploma in Financial Management and I took IT during my high school days. FabLab was a new experience for me when I attended a week long classes in the FabLab Bhutan in September, 2020 and seeing the machines do the things that they do just through the inputs of designs made by humans have had me interested in learning more about what more these machines can do. Future seems to be promising with the help of these machines.

The Fab Academy is where I want to start building my career in with. I wish to explore the possibilities of how all the FabLab machines can help my small country in ways never explored before. I wish to be a programming and automation expert, and make new affordable machines that would help my country become self-sustainable in some ways.

I’m genuinely interested in getting my hands in the tech world. I want to succeed in tomorrow’s world and Fab Academy can literally help me achieve that.

The above given image is me in my national dress(Gho) in one of the holy places in Thimphu Bhutan.

After graduation from the FabAcademy, I would love to be an instructor to help train my fellow Bhutanese tech enthusiasts with the things i have learned in the FabAcademy and help them upgrade their technical skills.

There are many FabLabs coming in Bhutan and if I graduate successfully then I would love to manage and help my fellow Bhutanese mates with the operation of the FabLab machines.

Final Project

For my final project I have had three ideas as listed below;

• Flower nursing machine
• Solar lighting with motion sensors.
• Mind relaxing fountain(with Leds, motion sensors and PIR sensors)

The Solar lighting Leds are available in the market but I would like to build one with the use of affordable resources. As of now since I am just done taking the prefab classes I dont have much knowledge about what things I might be needing to make the above mentioned machines, but slowly through self exploration and with the help of my mentor and fellow fab academy trainees, I will make sure I successfully make one.

I am looking forward to making a solar lighting system with motion sensors activating the lighting and with the help of PIR sensors, make the lighting condition only possible during night time.

Assignments

1. Web Design
2. 2D design softwares
3. 3D design
4. Autodesk Eagle(PCB layout design software)
5. Electronics production
6. Embedded programming
7. Input devices
8. USB Tiny
9. Arduino Uno with Ultrasonic sensor
10. Project presentation

Web Development

This is the first time I have tried designing a website with the help of HTML. For my website development I used Dimension template from HTML5 UP.I downloaded the Notepad++ editor to customize my website.

Contact

• Twitter
• Facebook
• Instagram
• GitHub

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