Tutorials - DRAFT

Possible Tutorials:

• Hello World - (Blink LED, Read Button Press)
  • Parts: Student Pack, LEDs, buttons.
• Driving higher loads with transistors (RGB LED - [digikey:492-1179-ND] )
  • Parts: Transistors, Resistors, RGB LED.
• Using shift registers with an 8x8 matrix.
  • Parts: Shift registers, 8x8 matrix.
• Measuring resistance with a voltage divider (Thermister / Potentiometer)
  • Parts: NTC Thermistor, Resistors, Potentiometer
• Measure temperature with an i2c thermometer ([digikey:TC74A0-5.0VAT-ND])
  • Parts: Thermometer
• Measuring capacitance (charge time, discharge time, LED Light Sensor)
  • Parts: Capacitors, LEDs
• Driving an RC Car with an H-Bridge.
  • Parts: Car, H-Bridge
• Driving an LCD (Parallel busses, shift registers)
  • LCD, shift registers
• PCB Fabrication.
  • Copper, Acid, eye protection, gloves.

Breadboard based, or "shield" based?

$10-20 in parts per class.

Student Pack-

• Breadboard
• Jumper wires
• Arduino/Dorkboard

..Get Xerox to partially sponsor? Maybe just to print datasheets?

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