Creative Electronics Assignment 201311
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Please follow the lecture and deliverables instructions below carefully. It will save you and us a lot of time .
1. Assignment resources
The assignment resources are mentioned in the AssignmentDescription
2. Schedule
Date |
Time |
Space |
Lecture |
Assignor |
12-11-2013 |
13.45 - 15:30 |
MF 06 |
Reader chapter 1-3 |
Harrie Kuipers |
14-11-2013 |
09.00 - 12.00 |
E-Atelier |
E-workshop. Practical assignment 1 (group 1) |
3 Assignors |
14-11-2013 |
13:30 - 16:30 |
E-Atelier |
E-workshop. Practical assignment 1 (group 2) |
3 Assignors |
19-11-2013 |
13.45 - 15:30 |
MF 06 |
Reader chapter 4-5. Practical assigment 2 |
Harrie Kuipers |
21-11-2013 |
10:45 - 12:30 |
MMP 02 |
Reader chapter 6-7. Practical assignments: 3 |
Harrie Kuipers |
26-11-2013 |
13.45 - 15:30 |
MF 06 |
Reader chapter 8-10. Practical assignments: 4, 5 |
Harrie Kuipers |
28-11-2013 |
10:45 - 12:30 |
MMP 02 |
Reader chapter 10. Practical assignment 6 |
Harrie Kuipers |
03-12-2013 |
13.45 - 15:30 |
MF 06 |
Reader chapter 11-12. Final assignment: heating system |
Harrie Kuipers |
05-12-2013 |
10:45 - 12:30 |
E-Atelier |
Final assignment: central heating system |
All |
10-12-2013 |
13.45 - 15:30 |
MF 06 |
Exhibition: central heating system |
All |
12-12-2013 |
08:45 - 12:30 |
MMP 02 |
Start mini project. Arduino workshop |
Peter Peters |
17-12-2013 |
13.45 - 15:30 |
HG 3.02 |
Present project proposal (group 1) |
2 Assignors |
17-12-2013 |
13.45 - 15:30 |
HG 3.21 |
Present project proposal (group 2) |
2 Assignors |
19-12-2013 |
10:45 - 12:30 |
E-Atelier |
Mini project including package your concept |
All |
07-01-2014 |
13.45 - 15:30 |
E-Atelier |
Mini project including package your concept |
All |
09-01-2014 |
10:45 - 12:30 |
HG 4.57 |
Exhibition with poster for mini project |
All |
3. Lecture instructions
3.1. Reader chapter 1-3, November 12, 2013
3.2. Reader chapter 4-5, November 19, 2013
3.3. Reader chapter 6-7, November 21, 2013
3.4. Reader chapter 8-9, November 26, 2013
3.5. Reader chapter 10, November 28, 2013
3.6. Reader chapter 11-12, December 3, 2013
3.7. Arduino workshop, December 12, 2013
Install the Arduino IDE on your laptop. Perform all actions upto and including having the 'Blink' example running.
- Bring with you:
- Your laptop, with fully charged batteries and power cables, Arduino IDE software installed and tested.
- Your Arduino kit, including at least the following:
- Arduino board
- USB cable
- a push button
- a breadboard
- a 10K ohm resistor
- a light sensor (LDR or Light Dependent Resistor)
- a few color leds
- a few jumper wires
4. Deliverables
Send exercises and report deliverables via email to your assignor. Which assignor this is can be found in this list.
4.1. Weekly (until 13-12-2013)
All students individually
- Send weekly exercises results
4.2. Tuesday 10-12-2013
Student teams:
- Prototype of central heating system demo and presentation.
4.3. Friday 13-12-2013
Student teams:
Send a report of all practical assignments, including a personal reflection on the assignment of each team member. Guidelines can be found in the documentFinal_report_guidelines.pdf
4.4. Tuesday 17-12-2013
Student teams:
- Mini project proposal presentation
4.5. Friday 9-1-2014
Student teams:
- Mini project prototype demo and poster
4.6. After the assignment
NON ID students individually:
- Send email, including:
- Practical assignments report
- Mini project poster
- Send email, including:
ID students individually:
- Send email, including:
- Practical assignments report
- Mini project poster
- Send feedback request to your assignor, attach deliverables to the request, including:
- Practical assignments report
- Mini project poster
- Send email, including:
5. Installing the Arduino IDE
Follow the instructions of Getting Started with Arduino on the Arduino website
- Create a shortcut on your desktop to "Arduino.exe" for easy access.
If you are installing Arduino on Windows 8, this link explains shortly how to install drivers for Arduino on Windows 8.