Schedule

1)  Sept 3rd
First Day,  Review Outline of Class, Review Arduino.  Discuss Hardware & Parts including where/how to get and where/how.
Soft:
Structure:  Void Setup, Void Loop,
Functions:  pinMode, digitalWrite, digitalRead, analogRead, analogWrite,
Syntax:   (semicolon),{} (curly braces),// (single line comment)
/* */ (multi-line)
Constants:  HIGH/LOW, INPUT/OUTPUT, true/false,
Hard:
Pins on Arduino. Power On Arduino,
Hook to Bread board
Assignment:
Do homework Hello World Blink LED

2)  Sept 10
Show completed Assignment. 
Soft:
Control Structure:  Debounce,  If,
Comparison Operators:  ==,!=, <,>,<=,=>
Hard:
Toggle Switches and Momentary Buttons [Types, Places, Installing]
Discuss LED's, Lum v.s. Viewing Radius.   Demo.
Assignment:
Sign-up To Blog with:  Name, Photo, Background, Foreground, and favorite childhood toy (include picture).
On same board, make LED ON/OFF with another button. Make LED blink with on button switch.

3)  Sept 17
Soft: AnalogWrite, PWM, Fading LED's,  Multiple LED's via PWM, Tri-Color LEDs  
Hard: Tri-Color LED,
Assignment:
Make a Tri-Color cycle through different colors. Diffuse the light.

4)  Sept 24 -
Movie Theremin.
Assignment
Go to Maker Fair NY.  Photo and post 3 projects that you like onto class blog.

5)  Oct 1
Hard
Interface & Enclosures: Discuss and compare Materials of enclosures. Diffusion of Light. Use of Dermal. Mounting Hardware into case. Hiding of all electronics and power source.
LASER CUT DEMONSTRATION Canal Plastic, Container Store, Tupperware, Wooden boxes, etc..
Midterm Introduced:  "A Time Light" Make and Use LED's light to show the passage of time, and tell/read a certain time.  Project must be a fully enclose project, including all components and Battery.  It is required to have an external ON/OFF switch, and any external Interface buttons properly mounted.
Project may include, but are not limited to, a "digital hour glass", a "faux traffic light", a mood light. 

6) Oct 8
-- Midterm Presentation 1 --
Show progress on Midterm in Class.
Discuss finalize iteration of project in class.
Assignment:
Finalize Midterm Project, Document it with photos and video onto blog.  

7) Oct 15
-- Midterm Presentation 2 --
Present Midterms on blog and functioning in person.

8)  Oct 22
Soft:
Analog I/O  
Hard:
Photo resistor, pressure sensor, voltage divider concept tour of analog input devices
Potentiometers. Faders-From Sparkfun. OS joystick from adafruit POT Control of LED's Mounting of POT's
Assignment
Control speed of LED Fading or Blink based on POT.

9) Oct 29
Soft:
Analog Input, Calibration, Fading, Smoothing

10)  Nov 5
Soft: 8-Bit sound, and 8-bit melodies.  
Hard: Piezo Speakers (mounting and use)

11)  Nov 12
Read: What do Prototypes Prototype

12)  Nov 19
Assignment:
Sketch Ideas for Final, Include 3 Of each time of prototype. 12 sketches total.  
Make 1st Iteration Prototypes.

Nov 26
ThanksGiving -  Eat, Sleep, & Store Body Mass

13)  Dec 3
Present Sketches and Prototypes in class.
Assignment:
Make second iteration of sketches, Makes prototypes

14)  Dec 10
Present Sketches and Prototypes in class.
Assignment:
Make second iteration of sketches, Makes prototypes

15)  Dec 17  
Last Class - Presentations or all projects in class. Projects must be documented on Blog with Photos and Video as well.