Basic Electricity / Electronics

Course Outline & Expectations

• Course Objectives & Requirements
• Proposed Scope and Sequence
• General Classroom Rules

End of the Year Course Evaluation

Introduction

• What is Electricity?
• Basic Terminology

Electrical Energy Fundamentals

• Static Electricity

• What is Static Electricity?
• The Science of Static Electricity
• Bill Nye - Static Electricity Science Demonstration
• Static Electricity - Review Sheet

• Electrical Circuits
  • Basic Electrical Circuit Information Sheet
  • Basic Electricity Review Sheet
  • Basic Electrical Circuit
    
    
  • Series & Parallel Circuits
    • Information Sheet
    • Series & Parallel Circuits
    • Review Sheet


• Ohm's Law
• Information Sheet
• Ohm's Law Worksheet
• Review Sheet
  
  
• Types of Electrical Currents
• Information Sheet
• What is AC and DC?
• Review Sheet
• AC vs DC Power?
  
  
• Energy - Power, Force, Work
  • Power, Force, Work & Wattage
  • Power, Force, Work & Wattage Review Sheet
    • Watts & Ohm's Law Wheel
    • Applying the Power Wheel - Worksheet
  
  

Circuit Components

• Resistors
  • What Is a Resistor?
  • Resistor Information Sheet
    • Resistor Information Study Guide
  • How to read a Resistor
  • Color Code Calculator
  • Color code chart
    
    
• Capacitors
  • What is a Capacitor?
  • Capacitor Information Sheet
    • Capacitor Information Study Guide
      
      
• Inductors
  • What is an Inductor?
  • Inductor Information Sheet
    • Inductor Information Study Guide
  • Electromagnets- How they work
    • Electromagnet Information Sheet
      • Electromagnet Study Guide
    • Rockin' Paper Plate Speaker
      
      
• Diodes
  • How does a Diode work?
  • Diode Information Sheet
    
    
• Transistors
  • How does a Transistor Work?
  • Transistor Information Sheet
  • Impact of Transistors on the Development of Microprocessors
    • First digital computer ENIAC
    • Microprocessors
      • How Microchips made?
        • Layers of a Micro Chip
        • Building a microchip with regular transistors
      • How a CPU is made

      
      

• How to Use a Breadboard
• #1 Schematic Symbols
  • How to Read a Schematic
• #2 Basic Electronic Circuit
• #3 Parallel Circuits
• #4 Diode Action
  • What is a diode?
• #5 Light Emitting Diodes
  • How LED's Work
• #6 Electromagnetism
• #7 Capacitance
• #8 Transistor Switch
• #9 Variable Resistor
• #10 DC Motor
• #11 Transistor Oscillator
• #12 7 Segment Display Circuit
• #13 SCR Latching Switch
• #14 Conductor Identifier
• #15 2 Transistor Audio Oscillator
• #16 Continuity Tester
• #17 Multi vibrator LED Blinker
• #18 Insanity Alarm
• #19 Light Controlled Bird
• #20 Code Practice Oscillator

• Arduino Tutorials
• Introduction to Arduino
  • Arduino Board (Graphic)
• Hardware Overview: Arduino Course for Absolute Beginners
• Download and install the Arduino IDE
• Arduino IDE and Sketch Overview
• Understanding Arduino Syntax
• Understanding Variables
  
  
• Arduino Programming References
• Arduino Notebook
• Adduino Programing - Language Reference
• Arduino Programing Language (Sanford University)

• Arduino Programing Activities
• Basic LED Programing
  
  • Lesson 1 - Blink
  • Lesson 2 - LED's
    
    
• Arduino Music
  • The Tone() Command
  • Connection to a Speaker
  • Simple Music Composition
    • Music template (sketch)
    • Sheet Music
      • Twinkel-Twinkel Sheet Music
      • When the Saints go Marching in
      • Mary had a Little Lamb
        • Mary had a Little Lamp PLUS LED'S Template
    • Simple Note - Frequency Conversion Chart
      • Advanced Note - Frequency Conversion Chart
    • Note Length Chart
  • Example Music Sketches
    • Mario Bros
    • Star Wars
  • SOS Sound
    • Schematic
    • SOS Sound Code
      
      
• 7 Segment Display
  • 7 Segment Display Breadboard Schematic
  • 7 Segment Display connection to the Adrunio
  • 7 Segment Display Programming Considerations
  • 7 Segment Display Test Program-
    • Test program running on Arduino and 7 Segment Display-
  • 7 Segment Display Program Template -
    • Defining a program Function
    • Counting program running on Arduino and 7 Segment Display
      
      
• Ultrasonic Sensor
  • How does it work?
  • Ultrasonic Distance Sensor Audio Alert
    • Project Board Image
  • Distance Sensor Audio Alert Code-
    
    
  • Using the Ultrasonic Sensor with a buzzer and LED
  • Ultrasonic Project schematic
    • Ultrasonic experiment code -
      
      
      
• Arduino Motor Control
  • H Bridge Integration
    • What is an H Bridge ?
      • H-Bridge-Arduino port connections
    • Motor Test Code -
      • Listing of Motor Test Code
    • Motor and Ultrasonic combination code -
      
      
• The Arduino Roadster
  • Lego Construction
    • Third Wheel Construction
    
    
  • Arduino Roadster Coding Challenges
    • Roadster Coding Challenge #1
    • Roadster Coding Challenge #2
    • Roadster Coding Challenge #3
    • Roadster Coding Challenge #4
    • Roadster Coding Challenge #5
    • Roadster Coding Challenge #6
      • Motor Speed Control Code