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Introductions, Course Expectations, Documentation, Supplies, Activity
Wednesday, August 29th
Attend talk by CU Boulder alumna Leah Buechley, Beautiful, Meaningful Computation
Thursday, August 30th
Basic Electronics, Identifying Components, Conductive Materials, How to use a Breadboard, Simple Circuits
Tuesday, September 4th
Sparkfun Tour - meet at Sparkfun @ 1pm
Thursday, August 6th
BTU Lab Orientation, Schematics, Simple Circuits, Electricity, Ohm’s Law, Switches, Series and Parallel Circuits
FIND COVERAGE
Tuesday, September 11th
Lab 1 Due - Simple Circuits + DIY Switch
Introduction to Microcontrollers, Electricity as Signals
Tuesday, September 13th
Digital Input & Output, Arduino Programming
Tuesday, September 18th
How to Solder, Protoboards, Neopixels
Tuesday, September 20th
Lab 2 Due - Digital I/O + Soldering
Interactivity, Design Discussion, Introduce Project 1, Laser Cut Enclosures
Tuesday, September 25th
Analog Signals, Sensors, Variable Resistors, Analog Input to Arduino
Tuesday, September 27th
Project 1 Proposal Due
Analog Output, PWM, Servo Motors, Frequency Modulation
Tuesday, October 2nd
Analog Input and Output, Project Enclosures
Tuesday, October 4th
Lab 3 Due - Analog I/O + Laser Cut Enclosure
Making Sound with Arduino, Shields, Recorded Audio, Audio Software Options
Guest Lecture
Tuesday, October 9th
??
Tuesday, October 11th
Project 1 User Testing
Tuesday, October 16th
Fritzing, Documentation, Work Time
Tuesday, October 18th
Project 1 Due
Sunday, October 21st
Project 1 Documentation Due @ 11:59pm
Tuesday, October 23rd
Introduction to Serial Communication, P5JS, Sending values from P5 to Arduino
Tuesday, October 25th
Serial Communication, Sending values from Arduino to P5
Tuesday, October 30th
Serial communication to other software
Tuesday, November 1st
Lab 4 Due - Serial w/ P5JS
Introduction to Motors
Tuesday, November 6th
Motors with Arduino, Driving Motors, Transistors & Relays
Tuesday, November 8th
Mechanisms, Project 2 Discussion
Tuesday, November 13th
Lab 5 Due - Motors & Mechanisms
Networking, Radio Communication, Wireless
Tuesday, November 15th
Project 2 Proposal
Project 2 Discussion, Open Source Hardware
Tuesday, November 20th - No Class
Tuesday, November 22nd - No Class
Tuesday, November 27th
DIY Arduino, ATtiny
Tuesday, November 29th
Designing PCBs, From prototype to product
Tuesday, December 4th
Project 2 User Testing
Tuesday, December 6th
Work Time
Tuesday, December 11th
Work Time, Documentation
Tuesday, December 13th
Project 2 Due
Project 2 Documentation Due
For Next Class:
- Read Analog vs. Digital
- Read Sensors: The Basics
- Watch Sensors 1 and Sensors 2
- Read Pulse-width Modulation