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Ron Zacharski

Schedule

Week 1

25 August

27 August

  • Arduino Software problems: It was a problem on their end. They just updated the software to fix it. Please download the new software at https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
  • Team Pictures
  • Intro to writing Arduino programs
  • Team Task:
    • Part 1: one person demo led that blinks twice as fast, another demo twice as slow, etc.
    • Part 2: all people on team demo led blinking SOS
  • Homework 1 Handout

Week 2

1 September

  • Review of the Basics
  • Morse Code Review
    • Wikipedia page
    • 1. a dot is one time unit long
    • 2. a dash is three time units long (i.e., 3 dots)
    • 3. the space between a dot or dash within a letter is one time unit long
    • 4. the space between letters is 3 time units long
    • 5. the space between words in 7 time units long
  • Team Task: all people on team demo SOS 25xp
  • Homework 1 Handout 50xp
  • Partner Task 1 (only get help from your partner):
    • Alternatingly Blinky (at  all times one or the other light will be on) 15xp
    • waltz 15xp
    • left left right right 15xp
    • Slow n Fast   (pattern starts with both lights on) 15xp
    • The Beats  (pattern starts with both lights on. The rhythm must be identical) 20xp

3 September

Week 3

8 September

10 September

Week 4

15 September

  • loops (while and if)
    • while loop challenge: 10, 9, 8…. blastoff (1 second between counts): 20xp
    • while loop extra (same as above but with an led flashing a bunch of times when it is time for blastoff  + 8xp
    • when arduino turns on light(s) blink exactly 10 times and then stops. 15xp
    • circuit 3 with while loop
  • Discussion of Circuit 3
  • Circuit 3 remix: Simon: Download the simon code. You are to write the functions off, red, green, blue, and cyan. The off function turns the multicolor led off and waits the DISPLAY_TIME. The red function displays red on the multicolor led and waits the DISPLAY_TIME. The other functions work similarly. 25xp. partner task (hint: look at the mainColors procedure)
  • l

17 September

  • Don’t take what you make to school
  • Don’t take what you make to the airport 
  •  QUIZ
    • 10-15 multiple choice questions
    • covering circuits 1, 2 & 3 (and their remixes)
    • including if statements and functions
  • Lab Day
  • For those looking for something to do: a potentiometer bike light (demoed in class)
    • modes: off, all on, all blink, alternating blink – 20xp
    • add mode chaser: 10xp
    • add a mode of your own: 10xp
  • functions with arguments

Week 5

22 September

24 September

 

Week 6

29 September

  • circuit 4 – buttonfied
  • is there a problem with buttonfied circuit 4?
  • know why the problem occurs? submit a sheet of paper explaining the problem (and your name) to me before the end of class for xp.
  • circuit 6 light sensor
  • bike light continued

1 October

Week 7

6 October

 

8 October

Week 8

13 October

  • Fall Break

15 October

  • beat box
  • review of functions
  • intro to arrays
  • array team challenges
  • Circuit 11 – the buzzer
  • this might be a better version of circuit 11 for revising: music2
  • HW6: Can you revise the buzzer code to play a recognizable tune that spans over an octave and a half? (see Frequencies for Equal Tempered Scale. Demo on Tuesday

 

Week 9

20 October

22 October

 

Week 10

27 October

29 October

Week 11

3 November

5 November

Week 12

10 November

12 November

  • BREATHER DAY
  • Circuit 14 – 25xp or any of the remaining book tasks.

Week 13

17 November

  • PONG DAY
  • Circuit 14  25xp if you do it today – 15xp otherwise
  • Circuit 14 remix: user inputs number via laptop – the number is displayed in binary with led lights. – 35xp if demo’d today; 20xp otherwise. hint: look at binaryCount in the original circuit 14 code.
  • 16 leds – work with a partner See example 2   35xp  (+15xp for long patterns)
  • Can you add a reset button to Pong? 20xp
  • Circuit 13: Relays

19 November

  • peer review
  • circuit 13
  • circuit13-o-bot remix
    • basic
    • 1337
  • Redbot
  • Think about a final project
  • Your choice
    • a project you may have forgotten about (for ex., distance sensor theremin)
    • a binary clock – remix of circuit 14 – a 12 hour clock would have 3 leds for hours and 5 for minutes) Can you add one or more buttons to set the time?
    • Your choice

Week 14

24 November

26 November – Thanksgiving

 

Week 15

1 Dec

  • final project lab day

3 Dec

  • mandatory attendence
  • final project demo day