Pushbuttons are common in devices we use every day. How many pushbuttons do you see on the keyboard you are using? What other devices do you use with pushbuttons? Does your game controller have more than just two buttons? How about your phone, maybe power, volume up and volume down?
In this activity, you will:
If you completed all of Inside the Pushbutton, all you will have to do here is replace a black jumper wire with a red one.
(1) Jumper wire - red
Many items you use every day have pushbuttons. Cell phones, microwave ovens, TV remotes, and computer keyboards might all have pushbuttons. Can you think of others?
Let's use a common pushbutton circuit and build a program for monitoring it with your microcontroller. Then, let's use a pushbutton's state to control LED circuits. LEDs are just one example of a device you can turn on and off with a microcontroller. Your invention might instead use pushbuttons to control circuits for motors, heating elements, or other devices.
This is the hands-on activity list for the 1-day ActivityBot Educators Course. The course provides initial introductions to:
This is the hands-on activity list for the ActivityBot with BlocklyProp Educator Course. The course provides initial introductions to:
This is the hands-on activity list for the 1-day Propeller Educators Course.
The Propeller C Learning System has five major components that the instructor will briefly discuss:
A voltmeter is a device that measures voltage, the electrical pressure in a circuit. In this activity, you will learn how to measure the voltage across an element in a circuit using a micro:bit-based voltmeter. Knowing how to take voltage measurements is essential when working on electrical equipment. Examples include:
An ohmmeter is a device that measures resistance. The basic unit of resistance is the ohm, and it’s abbreviated with the uppercase Greek letter omega (Ω).
This activity will guide you through:
Many items you use every day have pushbuttons. Cell phones, microwave ovens, TV remotes, and computer keyboards might all have pushbuttons. Can you think of others?
Let's use a common pushbutton circuit and build a program for monitoring it with your microcontroller. Then, let's use a pushbutton's state to control LED circuits. LEDs are just one example of a device you can turn on and off with a microcontroller. Your invention might instead use pushbuttons to control circuits for motors, heating elements, or other devices.
In the second chapter of Robotics with the Board of Education Shield for Arduino, you will use the Board of Education Shield for building and testing circuits with Parallax continuous rotation servos, resistors, and light-emitting diodes. Along the way, you’ll start learning the basics of building circuits and making the Arduino interact with them.
