Before the Maker Lab students begin the open inquiry phases, they first learn and practice some important skills, supported by small assignments.
In this assignment they are tasked with decoding a secret message from a ("digital") electronic signal. They do this via a simulated circuit (in Tinkercad) to quickly learn how to control an Arduino without yet worrying about the hardware interfacing of actual devices. This is meant to be a fun experiential way to learn some basic programming skills and syntax.
NOTE: Instructors interested in creating similar encoded messages are encouraged reach out to me via forrestbradbury ("AT") gmail.com, and I can share my Python code for generating Arduino commands which encode desired messages as pulse control sequences - and I can additionally explain what all this entails :)
Contents:
ArduinoTinkercad-exercise_public.pptx
