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Tue Jan 13
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Introduction
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How to Use a Breadboard
Resistors
Light-emmiting Diodes (LEDs)
Blinking an LED
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Activity 1
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Thu Jan 15
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Circuits
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What is Electricity?
Voltage, Current, Resistance, and Ohm’s Law
What is a Circuit?
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Activity 2
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Tue Jan 20
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Simulating Circuits
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Getting Started with Qucs
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Activity 3
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Thu Jan 22
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Analog Input
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Voltage Dividers
Analog to Digital Conversion
Reading a Poteniometer
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Activity 4
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Tue Jan 27
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Analog Output
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Analog vs. Digital
Pulse-width Modulation
Light
Driving an RGB LED
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Activity 5
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Thu Jan 29
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Parallel Circuits
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Series and Parallel Circuits
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Activity 6
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Tue Feb 3
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Multiple Outputs
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Driving Multiple LEDs
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Activity 7
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Thu Feb 5
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No Class
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Tue Feb 10
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Digital Input
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Pull-up Resistors
Push Buttons
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Activity 8
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Thu Feb 12
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Mapping Input to Output
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Reading a Photoresistor
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Activity 9
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Tue Feb 17
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No Class
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Thu Feb 19
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Serial Output and Sound Output
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Reading a Temperature Sensor
Using a Piezo Buzzer
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Activity 10
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Tue Feb 24
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Motors, Transistors, and Diodes
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Motors
Diodes
Transistors
Driving a Motor
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Activity 11
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Thu Feb 26
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Servo Motors
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Motors
Driving a Servo Motor
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Activity 12
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Tue Mar 10
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Relays
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Switch Basics
Using Relays
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Activity 13
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Thu Mar 12
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Soldering
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How to Solder
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Activity 14
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Tue Mar 17
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Serial to Parallel
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Shift Registers
Integrated Circuits
Using a Shift Register
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Activity 15
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Thu Mar 19
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3D Modeling and Printing
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Sketch Up Tutorials
Afinia 3D Guides
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Activity 16
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Tue Mar 24
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Project 1 Demos
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Thu Mar 26
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Maze
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