Feb 24, 2022, 12:20PM to 2:10PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Welcome! The main objectives for today are to introduce the Adafruit Circuit Playground Bluefruit<\/a> microcontroller and CircuitPython<\/a> programming. You will work in pairs for this learning activity today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You will need a laptop for today (one per pair). Please try to install the free mu editor<\/a> (or equivalent tools) in advance for working with CircuitPython microcontrollers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Contents<\/p> Next class we have a fantastic visiting speaker – Chico MacMurtrie – you are welcome to invite a friend to the talk at 1pm on Tues., Mar. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The motorized elements of our kinetic creations will be controlled using a wearable microcontroller to measure sensors, operate actuators, and perform scripted actions. Today\u2019s objective is to help you get started with the tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We will generally be following the hardware notes and sample code from the course technical guide. But we\u2019ll go step by step at a novice level so no one gets left behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The link to the guide can always be found under SOFTWARE AND MECHANISM RESOURCES<\/a> in the left-hand navigation bar of the course website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have not already installed the mu Python editor<\/a>, please also download that now and run the installer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We first want to give you a quick preview of the end goal for the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Crickit baseboard include motor drivers, hobby servo ports, and additional capacitive touch sensors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n CircuitPython lets you treat the microcontroller like a tiny data drive. Your code can be edited in-place, and saving will run it. But you\u2019ll need to work out a plan for copying final programs back to your computer for your documentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Assignment 7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Feb 24, 2022, 12:20PM to 2:10PM Welcome! The main objectives for today are to introduce the Adafruit Circuit Playground Bluefruit microcontroller and CircuitPython programming. You will work in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":5504,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6594"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6594"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6613,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6594\/revisions\/6613"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Administrative<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Looking Ahead<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Materials for Today<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Circuit Playground Bluefruit Microcontroller<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Downloads<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Live Demo<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Setting Up Your Hardware<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
2+2<\/code>3**201<\/code>import time<\/code>time.monotonic()<\/code>help('modules')<\/code><\/li>from adafruit_circuitplayground import cp<\/code>cp.red_led = True<\/code>cp.play_tone(440, 1.0)<\/code><\/li>Crickit<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Next Steps<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nAssignment<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n