1. 1. MILL CREEK MAKERS (AKA: ROBOTICS CLUB) INTRODUCTION F A L L 2 0 1 5
2. 2. INTRO PAGE 1 Mill Creek Makers Purpose: To combine art, electronics, programming and math to make things Why? Indiana has and needs manufacturing Learning skills you can use for life! Many related career fields you can pursue
3. 3. INTRO PAGE 2 About me: I am a programmer, DBA, network admin and guard member I am NOT an electronic engineer I hope to give you confidence that you can make things.
4. 4. INTRO PAGE 3 My vision is that you: Have a kickstarter campaign before you leave HS. Pay it forward. Pass along information. You provide input/feedback to decide our future direction
5. 5. INTRO PAGE 4 Planned Meeting s (all Wednesdays) will be from 4:00 to 5:30 PM on the following 2015 dates: Aug 19 Introduction + Electronics (Basics) Sept 02 Electronics (ICs) Sept 16 Programming (Android + EEPROM) + Order Deadline. Sept 30 Intro to Mill-E15 wheeled bot (schematics/components) Oct 7 Continue building Mill-E15 Oct 28 - Continue building Mill-E15 Nov 11 Finish Mill-E15. Discuss plans for Spring.
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7. 7. INTRO PAGE 5 My Vision behind our first bot: Mill-E15, was to teach all of the following: Voltage divider, resistors, and Pots, Lights, Laser, Amperage + Power Motors, Sound, timing, LCD display, Soldering and PCBs Bread boards Plastic molding How to program devices (Android/java) How to EEprom a microcontroller (c) Communications protocols (2 way socket comms) Range finder Analog Input Pwm (pulse wave modulation) ...digital output Simulating analog output