Creative Electronics Assignment 201504

• Please read the AssignmentDescription, there is additional information there which is useful to know .

• 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

The schedule as an excel sheet is here

The 'group' division of 24-04-2014 and 27-05-2014 will be available in this list.

3. Lecture and workshop materials and instructions

=== Reader chapter 1-3, November 10, 2014===

• Lecture slides Introduction to Creative Electronics

• Lecture slides ch 2

• Lecture slides ch 3

=== E-workshop, November 13, 2014===

• Workshop manual

=== Reader chapter 4-5, November 17 29, 2014===

• Lecture slides ch 4-5

=== Reader chapter 6-7, November 20, 2014===

• Lecture slides ch 6-7

=== Reader chapter 8-9, November 24, 2014===

• Lecture slides ch 8-9

=== Reader chapter 10, November 27, 2014===

• Lecture slides ch 10

=== Arduino workshop, December 4, 2014===

• Lecture slides arduino workshop (.pdf) Lecture slides arduino workshop (.pptx) Lecture slides Finite state machines (.pptx) Code examples (.zip)

• 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 answers to questions and report deliverables via email to your assignor. Which assignor this is can be found in this list.

4.1. Weekly (until 05-12-2014)

• All students individually

  • Send answers to the 'questions' (and the way you came to these answers) found in the chapters lectured that week. Results are expected before or on the Monday following the lectures, so the answers to the questions of week 1's lectures are expected before or on Monday of week 2, the answers to the questions of week 2's lectures are expected before or on Monday of week 3, etc... Format is free, just make sure it is readable.

4.2. Monday 1-12-2014

• Student teams:

  • Prototype of central heating system demo and presentation.

4.3. Friday 5-12-2014

• Student teams:

  • Send a report of all practical assignments (Reader chapter 14 and 15), including a personal reflection on the assignment of each team member. Guidelines can be found in the documentFinal_report_guidelines.pdf

4.4. Monday 8-12-2014

• Student teams:

  • Mini project proposal presentation

  • Demo central heating system before this date

4.5. Thursday 18-12-2014

• Student teams:

  • Mini project prototype demo and poster

4.6. After the assignment (Thursday 18-12-2014)

• NON ID students individually:

  • Send email, including:
    • Practical assignments report
    • Mini project poster

• ID students individually:

  • Send email, at least including:
    • Practical assignments report
    • Mini project poster
  • Feedback request in IDCompass to your assignor, attach deliverables to the request, at least including:
    • Practical assignments report
    • Mini project poster

5. Installing the Arduino IDE

1. Follow the instructions of Getting Started with Arduino on the Arduino website

2. Create a shortcut on your desktop to "Arduino.exe" for easy access.

3. If you are installing Arduino on Windows 8, this link explains shortly how to install drivers for Arduino on Windows 8.