Programming and Robotics This was a very different project compared to others that we were given. Me and my partners(Ellie and Emily) worked through a packet of different exercises and had to get a stamp for every exercise we completed. We were allowed to ask as many questions as needed but mostly it was problem solving in our head. The point of this exercise was for us to understand how to work a bread board for our next part of this project. The next part of this project was to go through many different circuits and figure out which ones we wanted to use and combine to create a robot art show. Me, Emily, and Ellie decided to combine circuit 4 and 11. We combined the codes and created lights going along to the song twinkle twinkle little star.
Concepts Circuit: A complete loop made of a conductive material from one side of a power source to the other. Parallel Circuits: The current has multiple routes it can take. Series Circuits: The current goes through multiple resistors in a row. Resistance: Obstacle to current that weakens, reduces, and slows down current. Current: Flow of electricity from positive to negative. Voltage: Push or pull or electricity across a resistor. Power: Brightness of a bulb Evidence of work
Reflection Nobody in my group besides me had ever worked with coding so we had some troubles. At first we couldn't figure out how to combine the 2 circuits but then we had Ryan help us. We also kept having error messages so we would have to keep starting over. Which took up a lot of time. The day before the whole robot art show was due it was working perfectly. But when we came back the next day to present something went wrong and we couldn't fix the errors. Even though in the end it didn't work perfectly I feel like a learned a lot and had fun with this project.