Robot Art Show
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Description
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Concepts
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Reflection
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This project took about a month, and consisted of multiple sets of experiments, all leading up to the big project. The final project was to create something creative and fun with the Arduino kit (A breadboard, redboard, and the Arduino programming language).
These experiments helped us understand electricity and coding. We learned the concept of circuits, and even did most of our learning in a hands on approach. The coding was done in a similar fashion. Our final project was an I-Pod of sorts, which could play the themes of Tetris, Mario, and Doom. You could also change the song with a wire switch. Below is our circuit diagram and our code
These experiments helped us understand electricity and coding. We learned the concept of circuits, and even did most of our learning in a hands on approach. The coding was done in a similar fashion. Our final project was an I-Pod of sorts, which could play the themes of Tetris, Mario, and Doom. You could also change the song with a wire switch. Below is our circuit diagram and our code
Resistance: Measured in Ohms and used in the equation, V=IR, where R is resistance. As resistance increases, current will decrease. We used resistance in our final project to limit the electricity being given to the LED
Current: Measured in mA or Amperes. The variable for current is I. Current will also split along parallels. We didn’t worry about the current in our circuit for our project
Circuit: A closed loop of conductive material that connects from one side of a power source to another. Our whole IPod was a circuit, and as such, meant that we must make sure it is a complete circuit that wasn’t broken at any time.
Voltage: Measured in V or volts. Voltage is the potential energy difference from one side of a resistance to another. Voltage splits in series, but doesn’t in parallel. We didn’t have to worry about voltage too much in our circuit.
Ohm’s Law: V=IR. This equation is useful if you are missing either the voltage, current, or resistance. It is worth noting that the voltage in will equal the voltage out
Current: Measured in mA or Amperes. The variable for current is I. Current will also split along parallels. We didn’t worry about the current in our circuit for our project
Circuit: A closed loop of conductive material that connects from one side of a power source to another. Our whole IPod was a circuit, and as such, meant that we must make sure it is a complete circuit that wasn’t broken at any time.
Voltage: Measured in V or volts. Voltage is the potential energy difference from one side of a resistance to another. Voltage splits in series, but doesn’t in parallel. We didn’t have to worry about voltage too much in our circuit.
Ohm’s Law: V=IR. This equation is useful if you are missing either the voltage, current, or resistance. It is worth noting that the voltage in will equal the voltage out
This project felt like a well done project. I had an amazing group and a decent project to present.
One of the good things in this project was the help. Our group was always helping others. Most of the time, one of us was missing because we were helping others. It felt nice to be recognized for this, and I will continue to help others in the future. I also felt like we did a good job of reaching compromises. We normally bicker about how to do things, but there was minimal bickering in this project, which is essential to a good presentation.
There were bad things in our project, such as us being absent. We were helping people so much that we weren’t helping each other. It was hard to work together without being interrupted. We also spent too much time playing around with different codes. Too much time was spent on code that wasn’t for our final presentation.
One of the good things in this project was the help. Our group was always helping others. Most of the time, one of us was missing because we were helping others. It felt nice to be recognized for this, and I will continue to help others in the future. I also felt like we did a good job of reaching compromises. We normally bicker about how to do things, but there was minimal bickering in this project, which is essential to a good presentation.
There were bad things in our project, such as us being absent. We were helping people so much that we weren’t helping each other. It was hard to work together without being interrupted. We also spent too much time playing around with different codes. Too much time was spent on code that wasn’t for our final presentation.