Programming and robotics |
Introduction:
During this project we explored electric circuits and how they work. We did different activities including using breadboards and arduino programming. Using arduino we made LED light bulbs and a sound machine do different things by programming it. My partner and I tried to make a light show that had arrows pointing inward towards a sound machine that played a song we wrote, but we got a strange error and it kept us from actually pulling off our final task.
Concepts:
Circuit - a closed loop made of conductors and a power source usually a battery
Battery - our power source
Conductor - material that transmits heat, electricity, or sound.
Current - flow of energy or electricity
Voltage - push of electricity
Parallel circuit - circuit with two branches parallel to each other
Series - circuit with one single path
Resistors - resistance against travel of electric current.
Ohm's Law - Voltage = Current x Resistance (V = IR)
Node - point on circuit where two or more circuit elements meet (usually in a parallel circuit)
LED - light-emitting diode
Proof of Work:
During this project we explored electric circuits and how they work. We did different activities including using breadboards and arduino programming. Using arduino we made LED light bulbs and a sound machine do different things by programming it. My partner and I tried to make a light show that had arrows pointing inward towards a sound machine that played a song we wrote, but we got a strange error and it kept us from actually pulling off our final task.
Concepts:
Circuit - a closed loop made of conductors and a power source usually a battery
Battery - our power source
Conductor - material that transmits heat, electricity, or sound.
Current - flow of energy or electricity
Voltage - push of electricity
Parallel circuit - circuit with two branches parallel to each other
Series - circuit with one single path
Resistors - resistance against travel of electric current.
Ohm's Law - Voltage = Current x Resistance (V = IR)
Node - point on circuit where two or more circuit elements meet (usually in a parallel circuit)
LED - light-emitting diode
Proof of Work:
Reflection:
I worked on this project with Beau, who is one of my best friends so it was a lot of fun. It was very challenging at times. We got very frustrated when the programming would not work. I believe that the project went ok but wasn’t very successful. I was happy to learn about coding and circuits because I had barely any background in those two areas. During the work time we had in class I may have fooled around more than I should have so I could have improved on my focus to make the project better. The hardest part wasn’t setting up all the wires and such, but was the coding and putting two codes together was challenging and didn’t work in our case. I really enjoyed this project and would enjoy doing more coding in the future.