Units

Overview of the 6 units in Advanced Automation

Unit 1: Functions and Modular Code

Welcome to Advanced Automation
Introduction to Functions
Shock Detector Case Study
Mastery Check - Sketch of Functions
Making Code Modular
Module Maker - Creating modular code yourself!
Drink Machine Part I
Drink Machine Part II
Drink Machine Testing Software

Unit 2: Managing State

Binary Secret Code - Introduction to Abstraction
Three Boards, Three Flavors
Introduction to State Machine Programming - Escape to Summer Case Study
Drink Dispenser State Machine
Building a Physical Drink Dispenser State Machine
Iterative Design
Choosing your system
Students State Program - Description
Inputs, Outputs, Hardware
Levels of Abstraction
The Crane Game - Example for Abstraction

Unit 4: Control Algorithms and APIs

We will control our local Mars Rover - not Perseverance, Opportunity or Curiosity, but our own Sphero RVR. But the control will be by a Raspberry Pi Pico over the serial port, using the CircuitPython Library that Mr. Weinberg developed.

This unit was part of a SSIS Stories in March 2022. And included a video (1:22).

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