Unit 4 - Electronics and Digital Logic

Unit Important Stuff:

• Relevant Summatives:  Test (Day 12) and Circuit Portfolio (Due Next Unit)

• Circuit Portfolio Circuit Checklist

• Electronics Kit Content List For Organization

• Day 1:   

  • Compose Electronics Toolkits

    • Part List

  • Build Circuits

    • LED (Circuit 1)

    • LED w/ Switch (Circuit 2)

  • Notes: 

    • Power Supplies

    • LEDs

    • Breadboarding Circuits

• Day 2:  

  • Discuss Tinkercad Simulation Software

  • Build Circuits

    • Smoothing Cap  (Circuit 3) (Real Life Breadboard)

    • Timing Cap  (Circuit 4) (in Tinkercad - Use Voltmeter to measure voltage on capacitor) 

    • Transistor Enabled LED  (Circuit 5)

    • Touch Current Amplifier  (Circuit 6)

    • Oscillating Flasher (BJT)  (Circuit 7)

  • Notes:

    • Resistors

    • Capacitors

    • Transistors

      • Identifying Transistor Leads in our Class

    • Diodes

• Day 3:  

  • Build Circuits

    • Dark Detector  (Circuit 8), 

    • Light Detector  (Circuit 9)

  • Notes:

    • Light Dependent Resistor

• Day 4:  

  • Identifying Resistors Worksheet

  • Identifying Resistors Practice Game

  • Complete all Day 1-4 Content

  • Notes:

    • Integrated Circuits

• Day 5:  

  • Begin Digital Logic Lab #1 - Intro to Logic Gates

    • Includes circuits 10A, 10B, 10C

  • Notes:

    • Logic Gates

• Day 6:  

  • Continue Lab #1

  • Logic Gate Review Worksheet

  • Notes:

    • Truth Tables and Boolean/Digital Logic

• Day 7:  

  • Truth Tables Worksheet

  • Begin Lab #2

    • Includes circuits 11A, 11B, 11C

• Day 8:

  • Logic Gates Quiz - ANSWERS

  • Finish Lab #2

• Day 9:  

  • Lab #3

    • Includes circuits 12A-12E

  • Complete all Unit Content

• Day 10:  Circuit Portfolio Work Period

• Day 11:  Test Review, Selected Review Questions

  • Circuit Portfolio Example

  • Circuit Portfolio Instructions

• Day 12:  Unit Test Part 1

• Day 13:  Unit Test Part 2