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Cellphone friendly schedule -with projects: http://curiousart.org/eproj/ )
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1. Sept. 9:
2. Sept. 16:
3. Sept. 23:
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- discrete components:
pots, diodes, resistors, switches (relays)
- Fading LED current with pot
- Fun with Capacitors, Transistor R/C circuits
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4. Sept. 30:
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- Finish first circuit project (light switch)
- Drawdio - Video
- 555 timer IC introduction
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5. Oct. 7:
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- Soldering
- Enclosures, connectors and debugging techniques
-Finish oscillator projects
-Homebrew synths
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6. Oct. 14:
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- "Indigenous Peoples' Day" (no classes)
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6. Oct. 21:
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- Electromechanical survey: solenoids and motors
- (-DC gearhead, servo, stepper)
- DC motor overview
- In-class group projects: -555 driver for servo
- circuit diagram
- Draft Project Description sketch (for final project ) due.
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8. Oct. 28:
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- external switching of stepper
- kinetic project "Making Things Move"
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9. Nov 4:
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- finish/show Kinetic Project
- Passive Infrared Sensors (PIRs)
- Transistor driver circuits
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10. Nov. 11:
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- "Veteran's day" (no classes)
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11. Nov. 18:
12. Nov. 25:
13. Dec. 2:
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- In-class workday
- Debugging
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14. Dec. 9:
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- Final Project Descriptions due
- In-class workday
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14. Dec. 16:
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- Final Project Presentations
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