Hardware Podcasts

5: Passion Is Contagious

Embedded.fm · 13 Jun 2013 · 1h 00m

What this episode covers

Akkana Peck joins Elecia White to discuss her long-standing volunteer work teaching high school girls embedded systems through the GetSET summer camp program. They detail the specific curriculum, including using Arduino Uno boards, breadboards, sensors like photoresistors and accelerometers, and the challenges of teaching concepts like debouncing and analog vs. digital inputs. Peck also shares her experience building custom, low-cost H-bridge motor shields to control robotic cars, highlighting the difficulties of power management and the safety risks associated with lithium polymer batteries in a classroom setting.

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makers and hobbyists

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Companies
Society of Women Engineers, Code Checks, Mattel
Products
Arduino
Chips
H-bridge
Also
GetSET

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