/Year-10-electronics-and-robtics

Electronics and Robotics for Year 10 🤖

Welcome to the Electronics and Robotics repository for Year 10 students! This interactive learning resource is designed to introduce you to the exciting world of electronics and robotics, helping you gain hands-on experience and develop your skills in a fun and engaging way. 🚀

About this Repository

This repository is a comprehensive guide that covers our classwork for our electronics and robotics unit Here, you will find tutorials, code examples, and resources to help you understand and apply the concepts effectively. 😊

Topics Covered

Throughout this unit, we will explore the following topics:

  • Learning about basic electronic components 📚 Understand the function and use of essential components such as resistors, capacitors, LEDs, and more. Learn how to connect components on a breadboard for circuit prototyping. [[Electronics]]

  • Building a Self-Driving Buggy with the MacQueen Bot 🚗 Dive into the exciting world of robotics by constructing a self-driving buggy. Utilize the MacQueen Bot platform and learn how to program it to navigate autonomously. [[MacQueen Buggy]]

  • Competitive Robotics with VEX IQ Kits 🏆 Get hands-on experience with VEX IQ kits, a popular platform for building competitive robots. Learn how to design, build, and program robots for specific challenges and competitions. [[Vex IQ]]

  • The Raspberry pi pico 🍓 Extra for experts that want to extend themselves.

Instructions

To log your work and code for each topic, follow these instructions:

  • Clone or download the repository to your local machine using github desktop or the Obsidian Gitplugin.
  • Inside each document, you will find instructions, exercises, and examples specific to that topic.
  • Document your progress and your code in each document in a way that makes sense to you.
  • At the end of each lesson make sure to commit and push to your github account.

Learning Objectives 🎓

  1. Design, create, and debug simple programs to control electronic devices or robots.
  2. Break down problems into smaller parts
  3. Utilise different types of inputs and outputs for electronic systems.
  4. Document the process of designing, testing, and debugging electronic and robotic systems.
  5. Use and understand electronic components and their symbols.
  6. Understand and apply fundamental electrical units in electronic circuits.

Contributions

We encourage contributions from the community to improve this learning resource. If you have suggestions, corrections, or additional content that could benefit other students, please consider submitting a pull request.

Let's embark on an exciting journey of discovery and creativity as we delve into the fascinating world of electronics and robotics! Happy learning! 🎉🔬🤖