ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN

2022-2023 Spring Term

Project Proposal Form

Advisor Asst. Prof. Dr. Gökhan DINDIŞ

Co-advisor
Title of the Project Modification of a Stepper Motor Based Do It
Yourself (DIY) type CNC Milling Machine
Number of Teams (One or 1
more)
Team Size 3 or 4 students
Project Details
A DIY type, non-standard stepper based CNC milling machine’s electro-
mechanical parts exist to be adopted to new electronics and software. One of those
standard CNC controllers board made for Arduino kind platforms will be used as a base
unit. So that, CNC can be operated with G-Codes. (DIY milling machine
electromechanical parts will be supplied by the Advisor)
Many open source software tools are available to be used in this kind of platforms.
But, the electronic boards available for this kind of platforms are generally intended to
be used with smaller and may be for different kind of stepper motors. That’s why motor
driver section of these motors will need some small revisions. Software modifications
may also be needed. A proper power supply circuit running from AC outlet with a battery
back-up is a must.
Tools AVOmeter, Oscilloscopes, Soldering Iron,
Mechanical mounting tools, Personal computer,
CAD tools, C/C++/C#/ Python programming tools
Success Criteria DIY CNC should be operable when the project is
complete. User should use software like
Blender3D, FreeCAD etc. to draw the parts.
Convert the drawings to G-Codes, download and
mill the parts.
(Candidates are encouraged to submit their
project to TUBITAK 2209B Programs)
Cost Less than 2000TL
Duration 3 months+