Winners Announcement – Start A Movement Design Challenge

Hi everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend.

Now, after months of planning, creating and making, it is time to announce our winners and recipients of the official Finisher prize. 

But first, a short reminder of the challenge, the kit and the prizes we are awarding.

The Start A Movement Design Challenge was all about creating a project that incorporates automated movement or kineticism of some kind using the official kit with Challengers receiving an Analog Devices TMC5272-EVAL-KIT, a QSH4218 NEMA 17 stepper motor and PSU.

The Kit

The Sponsored Kit
	TMC5272-EVAL-KIT 2x 2-phase stepper motor up to 0.8 A (RMS) coil current (1.12 A (PEAK)), Supply Voltage 2.1 to 20 V DC, SPI and Single Wire UART, Encoder Interface with alt. functions, 1 to 256 microsteps Buy Now
	TRINAMIC / ANALOG DEVICES QSH4218-35-10-027 Stepper Motor, Single Shaft, Hybrid, 42 mm, Bipolar, 1.8 °, 27 N-cm, 1 A Buy Now
	MULTICOMP PRO MP001982 AC/DC Power Supply Level VI, ITE, 1 Output, 12 W, 12 VDC, 1 A Buy Now

The Prizes

Prizes are subject to change but will be of similar price and style.

*Or local equivalent
**Grand Prize and Runner Up winners will also earn the finisher prize.

Winners

Now the moment you have all been waiting for. We had several projects of an extremely high caliber all competing for the top spots, making it very difficult to pick the winner of the grand prize. The final decision was extremely close, and here it is...

Grand Prize Winner

taifur’s Accessible Sewing Machine

 taifur , your build was extremely well executed, well documented. What you have created is highly practical and genuinely helpful for someone with specific needs. Having used sewing machines myself, I know how sensitive the foot pedal can be so you have done a great job of enabling someone to control it precisely using the flex sensor. Really great job!

Runner Up

dougw’s Demanding Stepper Motor Applications (Connector Tester and Thread Tapping Machine)

 dougw , your project was also incredibly well documented and both aspects of the build, the connector tester and the thread tapping machine itself, were really impressive. The use of a second stepper motor and the way you have synchronized them so they work together is amazing and really gets to the core of what this Design Challenge was about. Your demonstration video really highlighted the elegance and precision of what you have made.

Next up, please join us in congratulating everyone who was judged as qualifying for the official Finishers prize.

Our Official Finishers

 Gough Lui - Automatic Voltage Regulator (AVR) by Stepper-Control of a Variac

This was a superbly done project, executed fantastically amidst challenges. It is a great use of the Variac which you already had with a nicely made ‘hat’ for the stepper motor on top. The thermal imagery and videos demonstrate all the work you have done really well.

 fyaocn - RangeDetect Rover

A really nicely put together project with lots of images, a flowchart, and short animated clips which brought it to life. The end product was a great-looking rover which I can almost imagine roaming the surface of Mars.

 amgalbu - Octoscope

Mounting a wireless camera on a ring around a 3D printer was a really interesting premise for a project right from the start and it was fantastic seeing this come to life. I am already picturing this creating lots of great footage of 3D printing in action.

 rsc - Satellite Tracking Ham Radio Antenna Rotator

This project was a very cool continuation of work on other antenna rotor control systems and similar projects. Plus, your forum posts were really rich in content and no doubt helped other Challengers.

Well done again to all of our prize-winners, I know you will all congratulate them on a job well done. Plus, a big thank you to all of our Challengers and our judges!