13.2. Day 2: (Aug 30) Co-Interviews and Circuits

Notes for 2017-08-30. See also the Fall 2017 Calendar.

13.2.1. Notes from Day 1

  • Datasheets: See Physical Computing Lab Inventory.

  • Skills Survey.

    1. a fair amount of shop and laser cutter experience, esp. woodwoorking and carpentry
    2. few with electronics fab experience
    3. 56% with some CNC router experience?
    4. ARC students with robot skills
    5. very little SolidWorks, 56% have some Rhino, 44% have some CAM
    6. good media skills, concept skills
    7. a fair amount of Python, more C/C++ than expected
    8. very little Mech E experience
    9. good: 92% physics, 92% calculus, more linear algebra than expected

  • Child clearances scheduling. See Poll.

    No clear winner. Try for next Wednesday in class.

  • Museum scheduling: change Nov 11 to Nov 4?

13.2.2. Agenda

  1. Administrative

  2. Assignments

    • Due by Sunday: Co-Interview blog posts (can be public or private)

  3. In-class

    • Co-interviews.

      Alessandra Alex
      Anna Brandon
      Annabelle Bryan
      Christina Evan
      Elissa Harsh
      Ghalya James
      Helena Jarrek
      Lumi John
      Maggie Josh
      Ophelie Kaushik
      Rachel Phil
      Scott Soonho
      Stone Warren
      Zachary ?

    • Introduce Background Research assignment.

    • Basic circuit theory and measurement. See Tutorial: Circuit Basics.

    • Kit part distribution:

      1. Sterilite container with lid
      2. label for container
      3. breadboard
      4. switches: slide and momentary
      5. jumper wire kit
      6. resistors: 100 ohm, 220 ohm, 5.6K, 10K
      7. LEDs
      8. photocell

    • Basic electronics and resistive circuits exercises. See Elementary Electronics.