Grade
Concept/Content
Electronics and Robotics
- uses of electronics and robotics
- components of an electric circuit
- ways in which various electrical components affect the path of electricity
- Ohm’s law
- platforms for PCB (printed circuit board) production
- basic robot behaviours using input/output devices, movement- and sensor-based responses, and microcontrollers
- mechanical devices for the transfer of mechanical energy
- mechanical advantage and power efficiency, including friction, force, and torque
- robotics coding
- various platforms for robotics programming
Elaboration
power source, conductor, load
for example, diodes, LEDs, resistors, capacitors, transistors, ICs (integrated circuits), SCRs (silicon controlled rectifiers), regulators
describes how voltage, current, and resistance are related: V=IR
for example, VEX, VEX IQ, LEGO Mindstorms/NXT, Arduino, EasyC, RobotC, Scratch for Arduino
for example, gyro sensors, bump, motion, sound, light, infrared
for example, gears, belts, pulleys, chains, sprockets, linear actuators, pneumatics, bearings, slides
for example, G-code, C++, Sketch
keywords
components
electrical components
Ohm’s law
platforms
input/output devices
mechanical devices
coding