Welcome to the home of the Hardware ACES' Specialized Research Projects (SRPs). The goals of these two projects are to give each of you the opportunity to imagine, research, experiment, craft, and collaborate in an undertaking centered around the application of one or more components you self-identify as intriguing. A well-chosen SRP will advance not only your skills and creativity further down an electrical and/or mechanical avenue, but will also offer advancement in an area of personal conceptual curiosity.
I have provided the 
-rating below to give you an estimate of what to expect in terms of difficulty. If you are in any doubt about whether a device would offer a reasonable expectation of success, feel free to see me before school, before Wednesday Dec 18. Out of respect for my time, please do not ask me about this when there are other people around who need my more immediate attention.
You are encouraged to dream big in concept, not cost. Whether you are sure of the component you want to explore or you aren't, start searching the net with the string Arduino+?????, where ????? is your component. All sorts of applications are there for a basis from which you can start your own journey.
As mentioned, there are two stages of engagement for your SRP.
- Stage 1: Individual. is the individualized project segment where your goal is learn and confirm as much as you can about your component by exploring its application from a variety of angles.
You are to research the details of your part, explore existing projects that incorporate the component and then develop a working demonstration of it's functionality that will enable you to integrate your understanding and application of the part into the collaborative stage in the final term.
ER summary required by February 16.
- Stage 2: Partner. is the collaborative project segment in which you partner with a peer of the complementary function (Input or Output) to dream, engineer, and fabricate the prototype of a device of mutual interest. You might like to spin the wheel to imagine the possibilities.
You and your partner(s) will combine your components and your talents into a collaborative project of your own design.
ER summary required by May 4.
Commitments to Stage 1 are due from each student before schools ends for the term on Wednesday December 18.
