EL 111 - Arduino Makers

The course is also intended to serve the needs of individuals seeking to pass the Arduino Fundamentals Certification exam.

1. Electricity: Understanding the concepts such as resistance, voltage, power, and capacitance, and being able to measure and calculate them.
2. Reading circuits and schematics: Understanding how electronics are represented visually and the ability to read and analyze electronic circuits.
3. Arduino IDE: Understanding the functionality of the Arduino development environment, serial communication, libraries, and errors.
4. Arduino Boards: Understanding the constitution and capabilities of an Arduinoboard and the functions of its different parts.
5. Frequency and Duty cycle: Understanding the concepts of Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) and frequency and being able to calculate duty cycle.
6. Electronic components: Understanding how various electronic components such as leds, sensors, bu­ons, and motors work and how to use them in a circuit.
7. Programming syntax and semantics: Understanding the building blocks of the Arduino programming language such as functions, arguments, variables, and loops.
8. Programming logic: Ability to program various electronic components, read, analyze, and troubleshoot Arduino code.
9. Complete an Arduino application (software and hardware).
10. When communicating, use language that is appropriate to the audience. 
11. Use creativity and alternative thinking to brainstorm new ideas and possible solutions to problems or issues. 
12. Complete work accurately, with attention to detail. 

II. Assembly Techniques including Soldering and Wiring

III. Arduino Programming Language and IDE

IV. Arduino Microcontroller Architecture

Lab - Approximately: 50-60%
Mandatory Course Components:
None
Equivalent Courses:
None