Day 13: (Wed Oct 13, Week 7) Sensor Processing

Notes for 2021-10-13.

Administrative

• Reminder: if you use the IDeATe laser cutters, always make an entry on the hot-work log.

Agenda

1. Discussion of accelerometer sensors and general signal processing.

   • Components: Sensors and Switches

   • Filtering: Signal Processing Examples - CircuitPython

2. New plotting tool: Pico Data Plotter (PyQt5)

3. In-class exercise.

   • Wire up the accelerometer circuit from Exercise: Analog Sensing with the Pico.

   • Test the effects of the filters implemented in the signals demo.py, using a plotter to visualize signals.