Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of ControlSystems/Electrical/Training/Arduino/Lesson2


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Sep 27, 2015, 1:07:20 PM (10 years ago)
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David Albert
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  • ControlSystems/Electrical/Training/Arduino/Lesson2

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    11= Electricity =
    2 * DEVICES: solderless breadboard, jumper wires, protoshield, resistors (concept, color code), LEDs (diodes, LEDs, polarity, voltage/current, dissipation, current limiting w/series resistor)
    3 * TOOLS: multimeters to measure voltage, current, resistance
    4 * THEORY: voltage, current, resistance, Ohms law
    5 * HANDS-ON: get several LEDs blinking on the breadboard in patterns (holiday lights)
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    7 == Why should I learn this? ==
     3== Why do I need to learn this? ==
    84Robots run on electricity.  Your mini-bot is small, light, and uses penlight batteries - it's safe; however the FIRST robots you will build later this year weigh up to a couple of hundred pounds, use powerful motors, solenoids, and pneumatics, and run on batteries with enough energy to seriously hurt you.  So you need to learn the basics of electricity and how to control it because:
    951. It's interesting and fun