Day 1: Skill Building
This exercise demonstrates how logic OR circuits work. A parallel circuit has 2 or more devices connected in such a way that either one OR the other OR both will work.
This exercise shows how a logic AND circuit works. A series circuit is formed when an electrical source is connected to an object, which is connected to a switch, which is connected back to the battery.
This simulation helps illustrate how N-type and P-type dopants affect semiconductor behavior. N-type doping introduces extra electrons, which act as negative charge carriers. In contrast, P-type doping creates 'holes', which act as positive charge carriers.
Day 2: More Skill Building and Trip to The Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant
This is the truth table created for the circuit we drew. The conditions were that you had to take either the SAT or ACT, as well as either the class in geology or physiology. We used Boolean algebra to derive an equation and a schematic from the table.
This logic circuit diagram shows how we would build a circuit for the game Rock, Paper, Scissors. We drew out a truth table, which we used to produce the diagram.
This activity shows how to build a circuit and how to test it out on a program. We then attempted to build this on Tinkercad and build a physical example on a breadboard.
Our team made a trip to the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant, where we took a tour of the plant and learned about its process. They are trying to minimize waste by making everything they produce energy.
Day 3: Design and Construction
Our first activity to get us started on the heart attack detector was creating a truth table to help guide us in creating our schematic for the actual product.
After we drew out our truth table, we got started on our schematic. This took us many tries, and we finally got our final form. At first, we tried to account for every possibility. Our next attempt included making a circuit for each outcome. Our third attempt focused on using boolean algebra to simply our schematic as much as possible. Unfortunately, however, these schematics turned out to be unsuccessful.
This is the final design for the circuit that we ended up using. It seemed to work on EveryCircuit, so got straight to building the circuit on our breadboards.
This is the final circuit and alarm circuit. While building them, we faced a myriad of issues with both the alarm circuit and the patient monitoring circuit. In the end, the circuits weren't successful. Still, building these circuits gave us a greater understanding of circuits and the work electrical engineers do, making it a valuable experience for all of us.
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