Schedule
Demo Projects For Week 1:
Pi-to-Go Mobile Computer: [How-to][Video] (Mary Claire McCarthy)
Retro Game Console: [How-to][Video] (Mat Lee)
Car PC: [How-to][Video] (Ben Trebach)
Raspberry Pi Webserver: [How-to][Video] (Matt Holdefer)
Arduino Powered Portal Turret: [How-to][Video] (Alexia Tanski)
Arduino Quadcopter: [How-to][Video] (Mark Johnson)
Project Sentry Gun: [How-to][Video] (Robert Brunger)
Brain Controlled Paramecium: [How-to][Video] (Zack Blewett)
Self-balancing Robot: [How-to][Video] (Peter Boyd)
Time-lapse Raspberry Pi Camera: [How-to][Video] (James Sappington)
Raspberry Pi Touchscreen Kiosk: [How-to][Video] (Mike Harp)
Turn Signal Jacket: [How-to][Video] (Ashok Chandwaney)
Pi Control Script: [How-to][Video] (Sean Allred)
Raspberry Pi Internet Radio: [How-to][Video] (Libby Glasgow)
Arduino Air Cap-Sense Piano: [How-to][Video] (Eden Anbinder)
Texting Enabled Espresso Machine: [How-to][Video] (Ryland Newman)
Project Descriptions:
Miniproject 1 - Due 9/23
Miniproject 2 - Due 9/30
Miniproject 3 - Due 10/18
Miniproject 4 - Due 10/25
Major Project Specification - See document for deadlines
Project Groups:
Group 1 - Robert, Mike, Peter, Ryland, Ben
Group 2 - MC, Alexia, Libby, James, Sean
Group 3 - Mat, Eden, Mark, Matt, Zach
Merit Badges:
Helpful references in brackets
New Thresholds: A - 13, B - 10, C - 8, F < 8
Arduino [Ref 1] [Ref 2]
Catapult
Dumpster Diving
Instructables
Kinect [Ref 1] [Ref 2] [Ref 3] [Ref 4]
LEDs [Datasheet - Red] [Datasheet - Green] [Ref 1]
Magic Blue Smoke Monster
Metric
Multimeter [Ref 1] (you won’t do the AC power demonstration)
Ohm’s Law (you can generate a 5V power supply using an arduino)
Open Source Hardware
Oscilloscope [xyz Guide] [Ref 1]
Python
QR Code [Ref 1] [Ref 2] [Ref 3]
Raspberry Pi
Reverse Engineering [Ref 1] [Ref 2]
Robotics [Ref 1] [Ref 2] [Ref 3]
Soldering [Ref 1]
Limited Merit Badges:
High-altitude Ballooning (1 team of up to 8 people)