Robot Art Show

Circut Diagrams-

ElectroMagnet Lab Write up

Description

For this project, we have learned several things such as coding and programming circuits, and electronic experiments. We went through coding by using Arduino boxes which had multiple components, we then learned how to insert objects into a breadboard and make circuits which then allowed us to create codes that for example could turn a light on and a light off. For the code, we added multiple things like making lights flash on the even notes of the song we put in, and we made the code make a song play. Then at the beginning of this project, we conducted experiments that showed us how electricity works and how circuits work. Some of the experiments were putting two pieces of tape on the table pulling them apart then putting them together and watching them push apart from each other.

Content

Circuit: a closed loop of conductive material from one end of the power source (-) to the other (+) 

Series Circuit: circuit with a single path and multiple components

Parallel Circuit: circuit with branches and separate paths making the flow of charge different. 

Charge: Magnitude of electrical quantity

power: Rate of transferring electrical energy through a circuit

Coulomb's law: the force of attraction/repulsion between 2 static charges is proportional to their charges and inversely proportional to the distance between them squared (F = kq1q2/r^2)

Resistance: the amount the current is slowed/resisted through an obstacle. Measured in Ohms.

Voltage:  Potential energy difference from one side of the component to the other side

Current:  The flow of charge/electricity through the circuits.

Ohm's Law: voltage is equal to current times resistance 

Flex Sensor: This sensor measures bending resistance.

Electric Current: The flow of particles charged with electricity. (Equation: i=v/r) (Unit Amps- A)

Coding -

  After this project, there were many frustrating parts but the coding was probably the hardest and most problematic. It was very hard and you had to be very accurate while creating the code and there is no room for mistakes. Sometimes our circuit would not work because of the code and it was very hard to find the error because it could be as small as having an extra space in a line. You can figure out how to write the code a lot easier. I enjoyed challenging myself to do something I had never done before.

Reflection -

This project was very hard but it turned out to be very cool I had good critical thinking here because I had to see a problem and create a solution for it for example we added a lot of lights and we had to figure out a way to make them all work so we had to code them to specific outputs. I also was also very good at being a conscientious learner here because I kept everything organized for example all the wires and diagrams I had to make it easy to see so we could build it and make a blueprint.

I think that I could have worked on collaboration more because my partner and I did not listen to each other's ideas and we did not necessarily incorporate both are Ideas, I also think that I should have communicated better with my partner so we could have gotten our circuit done faster and have it be even better.