Greetings Thinkers,
We are offering two courses soon. Please bring your laptop, and take note that we are limiting the courses to 40 students each with a firm deadline of Monday at 1200. By the way, these should be held in ENG1-388.
Arduino Level 1 - Arduino Basics - 2011.10.02 at 1700
We've hosted this one before. Thanks to feedback received, we are ready to offer it again with vast improvements.
Students choosing this course will learn a lot about using the Arduino. An Arduino is a microcontroller that is very easy to work with and can be used to control electrical components for many purposes (automation, robotics, data collection, turning pretty lights on, etc.). The course covers the history of the Arduino, installing the IDE, basics of programming, custom sketches for the course, and students making their own sketches to use on their Arduinos. This course offers students the option to pick up an Arduino through us ($38), or on their own ($5). Food will be provided to sweeten the deal.
Arduino Level 2 - Displays/Motors/Sensors - 2011.10.03 at 1900
The students have spoken, and Arduino Level 2 won over the ZomBadge [7:5 votes].
This course involves students learning to use LCDs, servos, buttons, potentiometers, and force sensors. To aid in using these, each student will get a breadboard and jumpers to quickly prototype many projects of their own devising. These components can be combined in numerous ways to interact with surroundings and to easily gain feedback from the Arduino. Students have the option of picking up a set from us ($65), a set without a servo [save money and use one from a Boe Bot set] ($55), or source their own parts ($5). Students will have dinner provided (comment on what you want to eat, or I'll probably pick sandwiches this time). This one is a bit pricier than normal, but take a look at the BOM to see all the cool things you'll be getting. I'll try to make sure Arduino Level 3 is cheaper.
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