Week 6 - Journal

Ideation

Tell us about your assignment's idea for this week. Why do you care about this idea? What were you inspired by?

I was fascinated by the 7 segment, so i thought what if I can control it with a potentiometer, I searched google and of course I found a lot of people who did this before.

Tool Chain

Which software/machines/materials did you use this week? Why?

Tinkercad

I used Tinkercad to build the circuit, and write the code and then simulate the circuit.

Design Process

Explain the design process of your assignment. How did you use the tool/software to design and/or simulate your assignment?

9 pins

8 pins

7 pins

6 pins

5 pins

4 pins

pins

2 pins

1 pins

0 pins

Tinkercad

so I brought my components which are:

1 7 segment
1 potentiometer 1 k ohm
7 resistors 220 ohm
arduino uno

and I built my circuit, and then I used the blocks to write the code.

Tinkercad simulation

I ran the circuit to make sure that the code is working !
it did!!

The complete code

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9 Fabrication/Implementation Process

Explain the fabrication/implementation process of your assignment. How did you use the machine/tool to manufacture or implement the design of your assignment?

After I simulate the circuit on Tinkercad I built the real circuit using these physical components:

7 Segment
Potentiometer 1 k ohm
7 Resistors 220 ohm
Arduino uno
White Breadboard
Jumbers
the video is shown the complete implementation process.

Overcoming Challenges

When you got stuck, what/who did you turn to? At what point did you have to pause to research or learn more before moving on? What are some mistakes, pitfalls, or challenges that others can avoid if they were doing this project?

When I first start the circuit with physical components, I noticed that the numbers are only reached 6 when I applied the full voltage coming from the potentiometer, so I thought that the analog pin is changing the values from 0 to around 600, not to 1024 as it supposed to be so I changed the code according to this and it did work.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5 WOW!

What is the coolest thing that you've learned this week? What is something that you will never forget from this week?

Weekly Digest [OPTIONAL]

Tell us about any other cool things that you've made this week: Pre-activity, examples, exercises, or any mini-projects.

Practicing the exercises

Exercise 1: Programming Arduino board to control one 7-segment display so that it counts down from 9 to 1

9 Pins

8 Pins

7 Pins

6 Pins

5 Pins

4 Pins

3 Pins

2 Pins

1 Pins

Tinkercad

Tinkercad simulation

Physical Circuit

Exercise 2: Programming Arduino board to control one RGB LED so that it lights up with the following colors in order: Red, Blue, Green, Purple, Orange, and White

Physical Circuit

Assignment Design Files

Arduino code

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Week 6 - Journal

Ideation

Tell us about your assignment's idea for this week. Why do you care about this idea? What were you inspired by?

Tool Chain

Which software/machines/materials did you use this week? Why?

Tinkercad

Design Process

Explain the design process of your assignment. How did you use the tool/software to design and/or simulate your assignment?

Tinkercad

Tinkercad simulation

The complete code

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Fabrication/Implementation Process

Explain the fabrication/implementation process of your assignment. How did you use the machine/tool to manufacture or implement the design of your assignment?

Overcoming Challenges

When you got stuck, what/who did you turn to? At what point did you have to pause to research or learn more before moving on? What are some mistakes, pitfalls, or challenges that others can avoid if they were doing this project?

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

WOW!

What is the coolest thing that you've learned this week? What is something that you will never forget from this week?

Weekly Digest [OPTIONAL]

Tell us about any other cool things that you've made this week: Pre-activity, examples, exercises, or any mini-projects.

Practicing the exercises

Tinkercad

Tinkercad simulation

Physical Circuit

Physical Circuit

Assignment Design Files

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