// // BigSpHEAR (Big Spherical Harmonics Ear), 12 capsule Ambisonics microphone // // Copyright 2015, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano, All Rights Reserved // nando@ccrma.stanford.edu // // // This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify // it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by // the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or // (at your option) any later version. // // This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the // GNU General Public License for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License // along with this program. If not, see . // // // 3d Models released under the Creative Commons license as follows: // Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) // http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ //// //// model parameters // dimensions of the EM182 electret microphone capsule_radius = 5; capsule_height = 4.5; // distance between face of capsule and center of array mic_radius = 20; // dimensions of capsule holder connection legs leg_width = 4; leg_thick = 2.5; // width of the ridge that connects to the mount ridge_width = 2; ridge_length = 2; // wall thickness of capsule holder wall = 1; // dimensions of microphone holder mount_radius = 4.5; // height of mount mount_height = 4; // type of octathingy // 0 -> regular octathingy (equilateral triangles in the square antiprism) // 1 -> tetrahedral compatible octathingy (same elevation angle as the tetrahedral mic) tetra_compat = 0; //// end of model parameters //// //// rendering control // what to render: // 0 -> ready to print // set = 0 -> one capsule, set = 1 -> four capsules // 1 -> the whole microhone with four capsules rendermic = 1; renderset = 0; // what type of connection to use between capsule holders: // 0 -> original cylinder beams // 1 -> interlocking beams (out) // 2 -> interlocking beams (in) connect = 1; // adjustment for the radius of the capsule // measured inside diameter of a trial print was around 7.5 to 8.2 // instead of 10, capsule diameter was 9.99) fudge = 0.15; // adjustment for fit of slots in connection legs and mount fit = 0.2; // number of facets for rendering cylinders facets = 64; //// end of rendering control //// // define the elevation angle of the upper and lower rings // // http://eusebeia.dyndns.org/4d/antiprism4 // // The Cartesian coordinates of the square antiprism, // centered on the origin and having edge length 2, are: // // (0, ±√2, 1/∜2) // (±√2, 0, 1/∜2) // (±1, ±1, −1/∜2) // // the elevation angle for the two rings of 4 is: // // 1/2*∜2 = 0.420448207627 (z for edge length = 1) // atan(1/(2*∜2) / 0.707) = 30.7358671024 elev_angle = tetra_compat == 0 ? atan(1 / (2 * sqrt(sqrt(2))) * sqrt(2)) : atan(sqrt(1/2)); // calculate half angle between vertices in the square antiprism // these angles define the length of the connecting legs // // z coordinate of antiprism vertices vert_z = sqrt(2) * tan(elev_angle) / 2; // vector length (same for all antiprism vertices) vert_n = norm([-0.5, -0.5, vert_z]); // half angle between adjacent vertices in either the upper or lower rings vert_angle_h = acos(([-0.5, -0.5, vert_z] / vert_n) * ([0.5, -0.5, vert_z] / vert_n)) / 2; // half angle between adjacent vertices in the upper and lower rings vert_angle_v = acos(([0.0, -1 / sqrt(2), -vert_z] / vert_n) * ([0.5, -0.5, vert_z] / vert_n)) / 2; // microphone holder geometry capsule_sep_min = (mic_radius - capsule_height) * cos(elev_angle) - (capsule_radius + wall) * sin(elev_angle); capsule_sep_max = mic_radius * cos(elev_angle) - (capsule_radius + wall) * sin(elev_angle); capsule_bottom = mic_radius * sin(elev_angle) + (capsule_radius + wall) * cos(elev_angle); mount_slot_depth = ridge_length * sin(elev_angle); //////// // microphone capsule holder // azimuth: horizontal orientation of the capsule // elevation: vertical orientation of the capsure // mounts: vectors containing the angle of the mount and the angle to the adjacent capsule // twist: rotate the whole capsule to match mounting legs module capsule (azimuth, elevation, mounts, twist, ridge) { rotate([0, 0, azimuth]) { rotate([0, (90 - elevation), 0]) { translate([0, 0, rendermic == 0 ? 0 : mic_radius - capsule_height]) { difference () { union () { // main capsule holder cylinder(r = capsule_radius + wall, h = capsule_height, $fn = facets); // the mounting legs for (angles = mounts) { rotate([0, 0, angles[0] + twist]) { // connect with cylindrical beams, very pretty leg_length = mic_radius * sin(angles[1]) - (capsule_radius + wall) * cos(angles[1]) + wall; if (connect == 0) { translate([capsule_radius - wall, 0, capsule_height - wall]) { rotate([0, 180 - (90 - angles[1]), 0]) { cylinder(d = leg_width, h = leg_length - 0.1, center = false, $fn = facets); } } } // connect with horizontal legs if (connect == 1) { leg_length = (mic_radius - capsule_height + leg_thick) * tan(angles[1]) - capsule_radius; slot_depth = leg_thick * cos(90 - 2 * angles[1]) + fit; translate([capsule_radius + leg_length + fudge, - leg_width / 3, 0]) { rotate([0, -90, 0]) { difference() { // thickness, width cube([leg_thick, leg_width, leg_length]); // cut slot in connector translate([0, leg_width / 3 - (fit / 2), 0]) { cube([leg_thick, leg_width / 3 + fit, slot_depth]); } } } } } // connect with vertical legs if (connect == 2) { leg_length = (mic_radius * tan(angles[1]) - capsule_radius) * tan(90 - angles[1]); slot_depth = leg_thick * (cos (90 - 2 * angles[1]) + tan(90 - 2 * angles[1])) + fit; translate([capsule_radius + fudge, - leg_width / 3, - leg_length + capsule_height]) { difference() { // thickness, width cube([leg_thick, leg_width, leg_length]); // cut slot in connector translate([0, leg_width / 3 - (fit / 2), 0]) { cube([leg_thick, leg_width / 3 + fit, slot_depth]); } } } } } } // add ridges for microphone mount if (ridge == 1) { rotate([0, 0, twist]) { translate([capsule_radius + fudge, - wall , 0]) { difference() { cube([ridge_length, ridge_width, capsule_height], center = false); //rotate([0, 90 - elev_angle, 0]) { // cube([ridge_length, ridge_width, capsule_height], center = false); //} } } } } } // make the hole for the capsule translate ([0, 0, -2]) { cylinder(r = capsule_radius + fudge, h = capsule_height + 2, $fn = facets); } // remove any extra connecting beam material from the face of the holder if (connect == 0) { translate ([0, 0, capsule_height]) { cylinder(r = capsule_radius + wall * 2, h = 2, $fn = facets); } } } } } } } // microphone mount // // angles: angles for mount slots // wall: thickness of cylinder wall // separation: height of mount with respect of the microphone assembly module mount (angles, wall, separation) { translate([0, 0, -(separation + 0.1)]) { difference() { union() { // grips for the capsule holder ridge for (rot = angles) { rotate([0, 0, rot]) { translate([-capsule_sep_max, -(ridge_width - fit / 2), -mount_height]) { cube([capsule_sep_max, ridge_width * 2 - fit, mount_height]); rotate([0, -elev_angle, 0]) { cube([capsule_sep_max, ridge_width * 2 - fit, mount_height * cos(elev_angle)]); } } } } translate([0, 0, -mount_height]) { cylinder(r = mount_radius + wall, h = mount_height, $fn = facets); } } // make the hole for the mount (* 2 to cut the ridge as well) translate([0, 0, -mount_height]) { cylinder(r = mount_radius, h = mount_height * 2, $fn = facets); } // cut the outside of the sloped ridge translate([0, 0, -mount_height]) { difference() { cylinder(r = capsule_sep_max + mount_height * 2, h = mount_height * 2, $fn = facets); cylinder(r = capsule_sep_max, h = mount_height * 2, $fn = facets); } } // and cut a slot for the ridges in the wall of the cylinder for (rot = angles) { rotate([0, 0, rot]) { translate([-capsule_sep_max * 2, -ridge_width + 4 * fit, -mount_slot_depth]) { cube([capsule_sep_max * 2, ridge_width + 2 * fit, mount_height * 2]); } } } } } } elev = atan(1/2); golden = (1 + sqrt(5)) / 2; diedral = 90 - (2 * atan(golden) / 2); leg_angles = [ [0, diedral], [72, diedral], [144, diedral], [216, diedral], [288, diedral] ]; // render a complete microphone if (rendermic == 1) { for (azup = [0 : 72 : 360]) { capsule(azup, elev, leg_angles, 36, 0); } for (azdn = [36 : 72 : 360]) { capsule(azdn, -elev, leg_angles, 0, 0); } capsule(0, 90, leg_angles, 0, 0); capsule(0, -90, leg_angles, 0, 0); } // print all the parts separately part_sep = capsule_radius * 5; if (rendermic == 0) { if (connect == 1) { twist_all = -36; translate([0, 0, 0]) { capsule(0, 90, leg_angles, twist_all, 0); } translate([0, part_sep, 0]) { capsule(0, 90, leg_angles, twist_all, 0); } translate([part_sep, 0, 0]) { capsule(0, 90, leg_angles, twist_all, 0); } translate([part_sep, part_sep]) { capsule(0, 90, leg_angles, twist_all, 0); } translate([-part_sep, 0, 0]) { capsule(0, 90, leg_angles, twist_all, 0); } translate([-part_sep, part_sep]) { capsule(0, 90, leg_angles, twist_all, 0); } // ridges to connect all parts translate([-part_sep + wall, part_sep / 2 - wall, 0]) { cube([part_sep * 2, wall, wall / 2]); } for (d = [-part_sep, 0, part_sep]) { translate([wall + d, capsule_radius, 0]) { cube([wall, part_sep - capsule_radius * 2, wall / 2]); } } } }