intro class
Introductions
We're Jim & Alex.
Show some gadgets
Code :
The basic ideas of the course
This is a DIY (Do It Yourself) approach to
constructing small gizmos using
(a) a microcontroller (the Aruduino tiny computer)
(b) various inputs (photocell, pushbutton)
and outputs (motor, light, buzzer)
(c) simple circuits
We will help you learn the circuits and programming
(with lots of examples) you'll need.
Typically Mondays will be a description of new stuff,
and Thursdays will be building & exploring together.
Roughly the first half of the term will be small
projects that we set, designed to show how this
stuff works, using the lab kit. (About $50 of parts
we'll sell to you including the arduino microcontroller.)
In the second half, you will choose your own
project to build, with (probably) additional stuff.
This is a 3 credit course, or about 9 hours per week.
(3 hours in class, 6 hours outside class.)
Getting started
If you are going to be in the course, email Jim (mahoney@marlboro.edu) so he can put you in the web system.
The first assignment (reading and writing to start) is posted : click on the "assignments" link at the left. It's due next Monday. You should submit your work here; there will be a link on the assignments page once you're log in (top right; campus email/password).
Questions? Find us and ask, eh?
