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MISSION MATERIALS

Computer with USB port and Chrome or Edge browser

Piper Make Base Station or Starter Kit

MISSION RESOURCES

Learning Goals

1. Students will complete their first circuit by touching two wires together. Then, they will connect those 2 wires to the button, which will have the same effect as touching the wires together when they press the button.
2. Students will code their first loop to report the running status of the circuit in the console.
3. Students will make connections between the lesson and the buttons they use daily, including the keyboard buttons on their computer, the buttons on a vending machine, etc.

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Hardware Diagram

Code Diagram

Tutorial Steps

Blueprint

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Troubleshooting Tips

• Are your console numbers failing to change when you touch your wires together?
  
  • Ensure that the wires are pushed in all the way. They should touch the metal rail along the bottom.
  • Ensure that you’ve plugged the wires into the right GPIO. Look at the Digital View to see which pin you’re affecting.
• What does “LOW when pulled UP” mean?
  • This generally refers to pull-up or pull-down resistor circuits. In this case, this allows the signal to be rounded UP to the binary TRUE when the wires are touched and the circuit is complete.

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Base EXPEDITION RESOURCES

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• Explanation of Pull Up and Pull Down
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Vocabulary Words

Circuit A conductive path for flow of current or electricity

Power The current or flow of electric charge and voltage

Microcontroller An integrated circuit that contains a microprocessor along with memory and associated circuits

Loops A sequence of instruction s that is continually repeated until a certain condition is reached

Variables A value that can change, depending on conditions or on information passed to the program

Input Device A hardware device that sends data to a computer, allowing interaction and control

Output Device A piece of hardware which converts information into a human-perceptible form

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Standards Alignment




CSTA Framework   Base Kit Standards Alignment
ISTE Framework   Base Kit Standards Alignment