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ICD2O 2023-2024
ARDUINO 2: Processing
ARDUINO 1: Input and Output
DIGITAL 2: COUNTING CIRCUIT
DIGITAL 1: INTEGRATED CIRCUITS: LOGIC GATES
A SPECIAL PROJECT
CLASS REFERENCE SUPPORT CONCEPTS SUPPLEMENTAL
31
Dec 8
Binary Challenge
Qualifying Rd #2

pp. 50 (62) - 56 (68)
30
Dec 6
Binary Challenge
Qualifying Rd #1
Complete the second stage wiring of your...
4060 Ripple Counter/Divider
with RC Oscillator and Reset


29
Dec 4
Falstad: Logic Gates

4069 (INV) 4011 (NAND)
Bookmark this site...
Electronics Club:
CMOS 4000

Another terrific site...
CMOS 4000 ICs
Common Supply Wiring
for (almost) all CMOS ICs
Complete the first stage wiring of your...
RC Oscillator
with Reset (Active HIGH)


The Binary Number System (p. 46)
Recall: Place Value Concept (Grade 5?)

Numbers by Base

CLASS REFERENCE SUPPORT CONCEPTS SUPPLEMENTAL

28
Nov 30
Asynchronous

RC Oscillator with RESET
Develop this, on your own, in Falstad, today, for presentation next class
27
Nov 28

John Venn

George Boole
Transitioning from
Analog to Analog/Digital...
ACES' Frame Player: Analog to Digital

COMPUTER LOGIC (MATH) p. 44
Recall VENN Diagrams
BOOLE(AN) LOGIC OPERATORS
ACES' Frame Player: Button Logic

ACES' Frame Player: Transistor Logic
Basic Logic Gates

Bookmark this site...
Electronics Club:
CMOS 4000

Full-Screen Falstad
Practice for
the future
ACES'
Binary
Challenge
Tournament
Cisco Systems

Practice!
Code Studio

Practice!

NumbersByBase.xlsx
ACES
Engineering Your
Foundation

ANALOG 2: BUTTONS, SWITCHES, CAPACITORS, TRANSISTORS (and, possibly, INDUCTORS)
CLASS REFERENCE SUPPORT CONCEPTS SUPPLEMENTAL
26
Nov 24
Recall T. Lowry's
Pro Formatting
...
Project 1.2 Analog Oscillator
Final Assembly and Testing
DER Preparation

+ +   =  
Project 1.2
Analog Oscillator

HB* GB NC PD FH
HH OK EM LM* SS*
NA AC JDS SH TL JL
BM WR* AS JoS SS
JaS NS JT* TW
AB HGa HGi* EH* NK* AK
TLa* NLN* CL* TLo QM
KM RN DO* JP TP SR
NS NW WX
25
Nov 22
4840.2200
from Schurter Inc.

PJ-202AH
from CUI Devices

Project 1.2 Analog Oscillator
Encasement: Power Jack Prep

1.2
24
Nov 20
Project 1.2 Analog Oscillator
PCB Soldering and Assembly
to Good Soldering?
Soldering with Overhang!!
N. Vassos' (ACES '19)
Soldering Video Tutorial
General Concepts
Soldering Video Tutorial
CLASS REFERENCE SUPPORT CONCEPTS SUPPLEMENTAL
23
Nov 15
Only 1 class this week!
ACES' Analog Oscillator
Dual Role of Transistors:
Switching and Amplification
Analog vs Digital
Falstad Circuit Simulation Applet:
Switched LED, Transistor Tester
Alternating LEDs, Fade In Fade Out
1.2
Analog Oscillator
(aka Astable Multivibrator)
Scope Trace
Courtesy G. Davidge
CLASS REFERENCE SUPPORT CONCEPTS SUPPLEMENTAL
22
Nov 9
Resistor Capacitor
RC
Timing
pp. 33-34 (45-46)
τ = R × C
Breadboard Prototyping Refresher
Watch Again! B. Eater's:
Breadboard Tips and Tricks
Analog vs Digital
21
Nov 7
  
The device that changed everything...
Introducing the Transistor
Transistor
Basics, Testing
The NPN Transistor (2N3904): Animation
The PNP Transistor (2N3906): Animation
TO-92 (BJT) Datasheets:
2N3904 NPN, 2N3906 PNP
ACES' Frame Player: Transistors
Transitioning from..
Analog to Digital
from continuous to discrete

Analog vs Digital
CLASS REFERENCE SUPPORT CONCEPTS SUPPLEMENTAL

The Capacitor Visualizer
N. Vassos' (ACES '19)
The Capacitor Visualizer
Soldering Video Tutorial

Case Preparation and Assembly

Custom 3D-printed case, heat-set inserts,
Panel mount DC barrel jack,
hookup wires, heat shrink tubing,
3mm nylon mounting screws


20
Nov 3

pp. 31-33

DMM: Capacitance
Review Capacitor Circuits on page 32
Prototype the circuit to the left...
...and then the rollover modification
Capacitors as Timers
: `tau = R times C`
19
Nov 1
pp. 31-34
Capacitors

Falstad:
Capacitor Visualization
Introducing TIMING (Delays) into our Circuits
Capacitor Codes
  
The Charge/Discharge Circuit

ACES' Frame Player: Capacitors
Capacitance:
UNITS:
(Micro)Farads (μF)
RANGES:

Tantalum vs Ceramic
18
Oct 30
Digital-ish
Voltage H-Bridge
Digital-ish
Voltage H-Bridge
First Look at the...
Voltage H-Bridge
Recall the DUAL Uses for the
Potentiometer
Variable Resistor or Voltage Divider

Analog-ish
Voltage H-Bridge
ANALOG 2: BUTTONS, SWITCHES, CAPACITORS, TRANSISTORS and INDUCTORS
CLASS REFERENCE SUPPORT CONCEPTS SUPPLEMENTAL
17
Oct 26
p. 24

Transitioning from..
Analog to Digital
from continuous to discrete

Analog vs Digital

Button Logic and Voltage Division
Switches (SPST, SPDT, DPDT)
ACES' Frame Player: Switches
Project 1.1
Kirchhoff's Voltage Law
(KVL)

HB GB NC PD FH HH
OK* EM* LM SS
NA AC* JDS SH TaL JL
BM WR** AS* JSh* PS SS
JSm NS JT* TW
AB HGa HGi* EH NK* AK TLa*
NLN* CL TLo* QM KM RN DO
JP TP SR NS NW WX
16
Oct 24
PBNO


PBNC

'Mechanical' Input Devices
Buttons (PBNO, PBNC)

Circuit Symbols (p. 8)
ACES' Frame Player: Buttons
(Digital) Button Logic:
Pull-Down
and Pull-Up Configurations


CLASS REFERENCE SUPPORT CONCEPTS SUPPLEMENTAL
15
Oct 20


Watch these videos
Technical Writing:
Don'ts and Dos

Use of the
Active Voice
The INSERT Tab Pt. 2:
Picture, Symbols
+ +   =  

1.1
DER Exemplar
14
Oct 18

FALSTAD


Explore the
Full-Screen
Version of...
Falstad
Draw your own Schematics:
Circuit Diagram
Review:
Formatting SI Units
The INSERT Tab Pt. 1:
Header&Footer, Date&Time, Tables,
Page Break, Section Break
The REFERENCES Tab
Table of Contents
1.1
DER Tables (Parts)
13
Oct 16
Overhang!
Soldering the
Serial Comm Stick V4
Page Real Estate
Design Engineering Report Week
+ +   = 
Show/Hide, Ruler, Tabs, Breaks, Styles

1.1
DER Exemplar
ANALOG 1: SIGNALS, SUPPLY, SYMBOLS, SCHEMATICS and RESISTORS
CLASS REFERENCE SUPPORT CONCEPTS SUPPLEMENTAL
12
Oct 12
Click image for details...
Click image for details...
ACES' Frame Player:
Variable Resistors

2. LDR: Light-Dependent Resistor
aka Photocell, Photoresistor, Optoresistor
3. Thermistor:
Temp
-Dependent Resistor

4. FSR:
Force-Sensitive Resistor

5. Flex Sensor:
Flex-Sensitive Resistor

J. Vretenar's: The Bionic Hand
1.1
Voltage: `V=IR`
Power: `P=IV`
Circuit Symbols
(p. 8)
11
Oct 10

Circuit Protection

Diode (aka Rectifier)

Preferred Prototype

with Protection

e The 1N400n Diode
(for Circuit Protection)


Interactive Circuits :)
Fixed vs Variable Resistors
1. The Potentiometer (p. 10)
ACES' Frame Player: Potentiometer

Thanksgiving Weekend (October 7-9)
CLASS REFERENCE SUPPORT CONCEPTS SUPPLEMENTAL
10
Oct 5

LEDs in
Series vs. Parallel


9V Batteries: Current Draw in mAh
Final Soldering, Assembly, and Testing of
RSGC ACES' LED Tester
9
Oct 3
ROYGBV Wire Lengths
ACES' Frame Player: LED Circuits
for 2023/2024...
RSGC ACES' LED Tester
Soldering, Assembly & Testing Session
CLASS REFERENCE SUPPORT CONCEPTS SUPPLEMENTAL
8
Sep 29
o
Useful LED Variations:
Bicolor, RGB, rectangular, 3 mm...
Using Ohm's Law and
Kirchhoff's Laws (KVL and KCL)
to
Analyze Circuits

Memorize the
Powers and Prefaces
p. 6(18)
 
7
Sep 27
Use Ohm's Law to determine the
Current (I) in a circuit :
`I=V/R`
6
Sep 25

LED Datasheet
ResistorCircuitAnalysis
Our first circuits...
ACES' Frame Player: Fixed Resistors
Kirchhoff's Voltage Law (KVL)
DMM Confirmation of KVL
(Waterfall Model of Voltage Drop)

CLASS REFERENCE SUPPORT CONCEPTS SUPPLEMENTAL
5
Sep 20
Watch B. Eater's:
Breadboard Tips and Tricks
Memorize the
Greek and Phonetic Alphabets
found on Page 78 of your
DC Circuits Workbook
Power Supplies 1
9V Battery Configurations
Example:
RSGC ACES Wien Bridge Oscillator
ACES
Discord Forum



 
CP-202AH-ND 609-3234-ND
Your First Soldering Task
Soldering Tips from
an ACE Alumnus

(Your Solder Tube)
Solder Joints

4
Sep 18

First look at Circuit Diagrams
(aka Schematic
s)
Circuit Symbols
p. 8(20)
Components:
Passive vs Active

 
Second DMM Function:
2. Resistance (Ω)
E24 Resistor Series Sizes

Fixed (Current-Limiting)
Resistor Applet


Resistors in
Series vs Parallel
Kirchhoff and Thenevin Laws
CLASS REFERENCE SUPPORT CONCEPTS SUPPLEMENTAL
3
Sep 14
 
Neoteck DM4000 Pro
Auto-Ranging
Digital Multimeter (DMM)

Powers and Prefixes
p. 6(18)
The Breadboard
(Your Prototyping Workbench)
 
First DMM Function:
1. Continuity (Conductance) ()
Where the MAGIC happens

2
Sep 12
BBC: Curiosity
The Driver of Success?


Giants of Electricity
p. 81(93)

Discussion:
What is Electricity
?
The Atom
Water Analogies
Flow Models (Direction):
Electron (Neg →Pos)
(Science)
vs
Conventional (Pos→Neg)
(Electronics)
DC Circuits' Cover Video...
H. Lindell's: A Counting Circuit
Foundations: Grade 9 Science...
Voltage
Ohm's Law (in terms of Voltage):
`V=IxxR`

Current
Ohm's Law (in terms of Current):
`I=V/R`

Your Future: EVs and Batteries


Alkaline Battery Chemistry
CLASS REFERENCE SUPPORT CONCEPTS SUPPLEMENTAL
1
Sep 8

RSGC ACES: History

Student Outline
Mr. D's Schedule
[ACES Culture]

(PBS) Tesla:
Master of Lightning
Distribution of Toolkits
e
ACES Focus:
Foundations

REPUTATION and RESPECT
RSGC ACES Mission: Taking a
Short, Medium, and Long Term View
of your Futures

ACES Hall of Fame:
X. Chin '22, D. Raymond '19
E. McAuliffe '18, E. Peterson '18
M. Elia '15 (Argon Prototypes)

For our second Field Trip of the year we have been invited to visit a factory that is developing solar panels. Since this device is an integral part of our Greenhouse Project this year, early familiarity with this technology will be advantageous.
What better way is there to start the year than with a walking field trip to acquire the electronic components that we will make good use of? You'll also be aware of its location for your own personal projects.
I have no formal training in electronics or electrical engineering - I'm just really interested in this field. The knowledge and skill I have has been largely acquired over the last few years from learning alongside many talented Georgians and I look forward to expanding my capabilities by working with you this year.
I ask six things of my ACES (for most other things I'm usually flexible):
1. SHORTCUTS. The world has enough corner-cutters. This includes stealing, lying, cheating, or plagiarizing.
2. SHARED SPACE. Show respect for others that use the lab by putting your projects away and leaving your bench area tidy when you leave.
3. DES VISITORS. Show respect for adult visitors that enter the lab by immediately stopping what you are doing, standing and facing the individual(s).
4. NO EATING. Show respect for the lab by not eating in the DES. You may go into the hallway for a quick bite if you need to.
5. AVOID WASTE. Show respect for the lab's resources by not wasting or misusing them.
6. REPUTATION. Show respect for yourself by looking (and speaking) your best. It's the little things keep the doors of opportunity open.
  1. Matches will last exactly 5 minutes
  2. Two qualifying rounds (average points) will determine the initial Tournament seeding
  3. The top 8 seeds move on into the quarter-finals
  4. The Term 1 winner will play the winner of Term 2 in May to determine the Grade winner
  5. The Grade 10 winner will play one match against Mike Ciomyk to determine the 2015 School Champion
  6. Technical problems of any sort with your laptop during a match results in immediate disqualification from the match
Growing Success, p. 29
Responsibility, Organization, Independent Work, Collaboration, Initiative, Self-Reliant Growing Success. p.11.

It is worth noting, right from the start, that assessment is a human process, conducted by and with human beings, and subject inevitably to the frailties of human judgement.
However crisp and objective we might try to make it, and however neatly quantifiable may be our "results", assessment is closer to art than science.
It is, after all, an exercise in human communication.
Knowledge: Subject-specific content acquired in each course (knowledge), and the comprehension of its meaning and significance (understanding).
Thinking: The use of critical and creative thinking skills and/or processes, as follows:
Communication: The conveying of meaning through various forms, as follows:
Application: The use of knowledge and skills to make connections within and between various contexts.