The Techie School Teacher

What was the build that you are most proud of and why? The Arduino build that was the most challenging and rewarding for me was the Dice random generator.  It was very challenging to figure out how to cause randomization in my code, but it was the most rewarding and I thought the most cool.  The following week where I did the very simple buzzer that played Christmas carols, was also very rewarding because it was the first time that I completely understood 100% of what I was doing and how to extend and challenge myself. ·            Go back to your first week and read each week's submission with an eye for personal growth. Where were you when you started and where did you end up? I  was worried about the coding in the beginning but that actually made the most sense to me, even though I still have to occasionally look up how to do new functions.  What surprisingly was the most challenging for me was the circuits themselves....

            And For My Grand Finale................I Fried My Arduino Board! This week we were supposed to create a project of our own using motors controlled by sensors. Since my kit did not include a motion sensor (which is odd because I bought it from the Arduino site, I decided to use a temperature sensor, and program it control the motor when the temperature increased (my plan was to light a candle and move it close to the temperature sensor triggering the motor). While the concept was cool, I ran into the problem of the motor itself not working, which I attributed to a problem in my code. After an hour of troubleshooting and not getting anywhere, I decided to first get the motor itself to work and then add the sensor later (probably my first mistake). I was able with the very simple code below to get the motor to work but it started getting very hot (foreshadowing, I know). The below video was sort of my initial tinkering before the...

                                    The Project         This week I thought I'd take a break from using the Arduino LED light challenges and work with a           Piezzo Buzzer on the bread board.  The Piezzo Buzzer makes a small beep when voltage is sent to           it. By sending different voltages you can change the tone of the beep and even compose little songs           for the buzzer to play! The Code   Photo of the Circuit Diagram Video My Learning I wanted to see what the Arduino program and breadboard could achieve outside of blinking LED light projects.  It was fun to see the program achieve sounds.  The circuit was very simple which allowed me to experiment and play around with the code to get different tones, instead of troubleshooting th...