AWHS Principles of Technology

today-

Work with your partner on your Arduino stoplight.  A successful stoplight will:
-follow the sequence outlined in the description
-have a working physical circuit on a breadboard
-run from a program uploaded to your Arduino board

When y0ur stoplight meets the above criteria bring it Mr. Milstead or Mr. Varvil for assessment.

Then you may begin the Electronic Halloween project.

 

Part 1: Today we add a button (input) and the code to control you stoplight circuit.

Adding a button to your stoplight circuit

Adding input and an if/else statement to your stoplight

Part 2: Using your knowledge of circuit building and programing, build and program a stoplight circuit that does the following:

Program sequence:

Green light – waiting for input (the button to be pressed)

The button is pressed and then the light changes to

Yellow light –  on for two seconds then off

Red light – on for three seconds then off

Returns to green light

After you have successfully wired and programmed a working stoplight circuit, bring it to Milstead or Varvil for us to review and grade.

Part 3: Electronic Halloween

 

Arduino

1. login to 123dcircuits.io
2. review –
   1. pin 13
   2. what is an input?
   3. what is an output?
3. Review Part 1
4. On to Part 2!
5. Then Part 3….
   
6. Done?  Then do the Musical LED challenge.

 

today-

1. login to 123dcircuits.io
2. review –
   1. pin 13
   2. what is an input?
   3. what is an output?
3. Review Part 1
4. On to Part 2!
5. Then Part 3….

Once you have completed Part 3 here is yo0ur final challenge – time the three LEDs so that it works like a stoplight.

Green light for 6 seconds

Yellow light for 2 seconds

Red light for 4 seconds

Airplane debrief

What would DaVinci have done?  What would have inspired his design for distance?  Duration?

21st Century Paper Airplanes here and here

Introduction to Arduino

Arduino and 123dcircuits introduction

What is an Arduino?  What can you do with an Arduino?
What is 123dcircuits?
What is a breadboard?
What is an LED?

1. login to your computer
2. point your browser to 123dcircuits.io
3. if you have a tinkecad.com account you SHOULD be able to login with that username and password.
4. if you don’t have an account then create one and login.  Make sure you remember your username and password.
5. once you have created your account then watch and do this first task on your own.  Click here for the tutorial. 
6. Important skills today:
   1. adding components
   2. wiring
   3. changing wiring colors
   4. purpose of a resistor
   5. negative and positive legs on and LED
   6. saving projects
7. Done?  Show me and go to Part 1. 

Click here to take your DaVinci Day survey.

Click here for the DaVinci Day Debrief

today-

Project end celebration!

Marble Maze writeup on Digital Portfolio

1. create a new section OR page on your Digital Portfolio labeled “Marble Maze”
2. Please post at least one photo of your Marble Maze being built.
3. Please post at least one photo of your completed Marble Maze panel.
4. Provide a list of tools used in this project.
5. Describe two informal lessons that you learned during the Marble Maze project.
6. Please describe how we should modify or improve this project for the next group.

Switch groups

Complete DaVinci electronics handout

today-

1. complete and submit your Laser Cut Biography project.  Read the assignment for details on emailing your final design.
2. Next laser cut piece – The Mask.

NOTE: if it is REALLY HOT on Tuesday or Thursday we might move to room 127.  There is air conditioning in that room.  Check your email at lunch for update.

today…

1. finish up ring designs and submit them
2. fit and glue magnets into rings
3. take a picture of your ring and post it to your digital portfolio

introduction to Inkscape(it’s already installed but you can download it at home for free)

Your Biography/Autobiography Laser Cut Project: the goal of this design will be to inform
someone about the subject of the biography that you are reading in your English class.  Click here for details.