2019 term 4, week 3: Robotic Motions

Students have been programming buzzers, lcd screens, buttons, and motor functions of our Arduino robots.  We will continue this next week.  We will learn about advanced motor functions, proximity sensors, line detectors, and more by the end of the week.  It will be exciting to see everything these robots will be able to do as students are able to dig deeper into our programming concepts!

2019 term 4, week 2: Intro Zumo Library

Students in Programming 2 have been able to review over computer science principles, and have been working on defining and solving computational problems.  The problem we have been working on most is the optimization problem.  Students have learned how to set up basic programs that can be looped using the Arduino microcontroller.  This week, we will apply what we have learned as we start working with the Pololu A-Star 32U4 Zumo Bot library.  Our first program will be incorporating a program that will utilize LED lights, on-board buttons, and an LCD display.  The display and buttons will be used as a menu to run our programs from when we start programming the microcontrollers.

2019 term 4, week 1: Welcome to Programming 2!

Monday starts our 4th term, which means we have a new Programming 2 class!  Students will be learning how to apply computer science principles and problem solving strategies to creating a variety of programs and computational solutions.  We will start off by discussing some topics in computer science careers, then will begin doing some learning with the Arduino programming environment.  We will be creating a variety of programs that will be run with robots that are assembled with the Arduino microcontroller.  Be ready to learn a lot and create a lot of real-world applicable programs!