• CreativeElectronicsAssignment201509

Creative Electronics Assignment 201509

• 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 'group' division of 22-04-2015 and 27-05-2015 will be available in this list.

3. Lecture and workshop materials and instructions

3.1. Reader chapter 1-3

• Lecture slides Introduction to Creative Electronics

• Lecture slides ch 2

• Lecture slides ch 3

3.2. E-workshop

• Workshop manual

• Starterskit E-Lucid

• Oscilloscope fundamentals 1

• Oscilloscope fundamentals 2

3.3. Reader chapter 4-5

• Lecture slides ch 4-5

3.4. Reader chapter 6-7

• Lecture slides ch 6-7

3.5. Reader chapter 8-9

• Lecture slides ch 8-9

3.6. Reader chapter 10

• Lecture slides ch 10

3.7. Building block: Central heating system

• NTC datasheet

3.8. Arduino workshop

• Lecture slides arduino workshop (.pdf) Mini project info (.pdf) Code examples (.zip)

• Lecture slides Arduino and multitasking (.pdf) Code examples

• 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 practical assignment deliverables via email to your assignor. Which assignor this is can be found in this list.

4.1. Weekly (until 30-11-2015)

• 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.

  • Send results of practical assignments in 'report' form. The intention is to bundle all practical assignments into a report at the end of the course. This bundle is to be used as a product to your feedback request in IDCompass.

4.2. Monday 18-05-2015

• Teams:

  • Prototype of central heating system demo and presentation.

4.3. Wednesday 27-05-2015

• Teams:

  • Mini project proposal presentation

4.4. Friday 29-05-2015

• Teams:

  • Send a report of all bundled practical assignments, the central heating system and a personal reflection on the assignment of each team member. Guidelines can be found in the documentFinal_report_guidelines.pdf

4.5. Monday 08-06-2015

• Teams:

  • Mini project prototype demo and poster

4.6. After the assignment (Thursday 08-06-2015)

• NON ID students individually:

  • Send email, including:

    • Report of all bundled practical assignments, the central heating system and a personal reflection on the assignment of each team member. Guidelines can be found in the documentFinal_report_guidelines.pdf

    • Mini project poster

• ID students individually:

  • Send email, at least including:

    • Report of all bundled practical assignments, the central heating system and a personal reflection on the assignment of each team member. Guidelines can be found in the documentFinal_report_guidelines.pdf

    • Mini project poster

  • Final feedback request in IDCompass to your assignor, attach deliverables to the request, at least including:

    • 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.