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TinkerCAD Circuits

Reference: TinkerCAD Account SignIn
Link: TinkerCAD Classroom Link 2025-2026 School Year
Nickname: Student First Name (all lower case)

Reference Tutorial: TinkerCAD Overview of Software
Reference Video: TinkerCAD Overview and Circuit Design
Reference Tutorial: TinkerCAD Tutorial/Assignment Submission

Written Tutorial: TinkerCAD Electrical: Series Circuits
Objective: Students have begun to study the basics of Electrical Engineering. Students will learn to wire a series circuit using TinkerCAD. Getting used to the location of various wiring components, dragging wires, changing properties. Simulations will be run to test if the circuit works.
Written Tutorial: TinkerCAD Electrical: Parallel Circuits
Objective: Students have begun to study the basics of Electrical Engineering. Students will learn to wire a parallel circuit using TinkerCAD. Getting used to the location of various wiring components, dragging wires, changing properties. Simulations will be run to test if the circuit works.
Assignment: TinkerCAD Circuits Assignment

Arduino Reference Code Materials
Reference Document: Arduino Programming Basics Syntax
Reference Document: Arduino Codebook

TinkerCAD and Arduino: Basics
Written Tutorial 1: TinkerCAD with Arduino Basics
Assignment 1: TinkerCAD with Arduino Program 1 Volume Input/Output with LED's

Written Tutorial and Assignment 2: Arduino Tutorial and Assignment 2: Multiple LED
Objective: Students will wire a circuit with 5 LED then program the circuit to have the LED's turn on when a specific key on the keyboard is pressed (i.e. when a is
pressed, LED 1 comes on). Students will learn about ASCCII Codes, where the computer will assign a number for each character the keyboard (i.e. lower
case a = 97, upper case A = 65). Students will also program in a contingency if bad input is given by the user.
Reference Document and Assignment: Case/Switch Statements

Written Tutorial and Assignment 3: Arduino Tutorial and Assignment 3: Push Button
Objective: Students will wire a circuit with a Push Button and an LED. The program will have the user push the button sending a signal to the Arduino then turning on the light. Student will then alter the code to limit the number of times the user can press the button. Student should consider how fast they can push a button vs how fast the signal is seen or not seen by the CPU (Hint: CPU is faster than a human; use a delay statement)

Sensors vs Actuators
Website Reference: Sensors vs Actuators
Actuators are Output Components (LED, Motor, speaker etc.) and produce heat or motion
Sensors are Input Components (push button, ultrasonic sensor, gas sensor, scale, etc.) and produce an electrical signal that can be read to determine various types of data (distance, gas mass, color, keyboard, mouse, etc.) There are to main categories of sensors Digital and Analog
- Digital Sensors/Electrical Components: have a finite set of possible values. Typically On or Off states (i.e. light switch, touch sensor)
- Analog Sensors: have a range of values can be ever changing based on the environment (i.e. thermometer (thermocouple), photoresistor, potentiometer, gas sensor, color sensor)

TinkerCAD with Arduino: Servo Motors and DC Motors

Sensors vs Actuators

Website Reference: Sensors vs Actuators

Actuators are Output Components (LED, Motor, speaker etc.) and produce heat or motion

Sensors are Input Components (push button, ultrasonic sensor, gas sensor, scale, etc.) and produce an electrical signal that can be read to determine various types of data (distance, gas mass, color, etc.) There are to main categories of sensors Digital and Analog

- Digital Sensors/Electrical Components: have a finite set of possible values. Typically On or Off states (i.e. light switch, touch sensor)

- Analog Sensors: have a range of values can be ever changing based on the environment (i.e. thermometer (thermocouple), photoresistor, potentiometer, gas sensor, color sensor)

Tutorials and Assignments
1. Servo Motors
2. DC Motors
3. DC Motor and Ultrasonic Sensor

Note: RGB Colors: That color schemes may not match up to same in Tutorial; it does not matter if exact colors as long as the RGB is changing colors based upon the state of the input (potentiometer, motor, button, etc.)

Written Tutorial: Arduino Tutorial and Assignment: Servo Motors

Reference Document: Programming Functions

Written Tutorial: Arduino Tutorial and Assignment: DC Motors with Ultrasonic Sensor

Reference Document: Piezo Speaker: Wiring and Programming

Sensors

TinkerCAD Class Code:

Written Tutorial: Photoresistor

Written Tutorial: Gas Sensor

Written Tutorial: LCD Screen and Keypad

Written Tutorial: Temperature Sensor

Written Tutorial: TinkerCAD Capstone Project

Circuits