Class 4: Sense and React
Sensors, loops and smart little gadgets
Sensors, loops and smart little gadgets. Class 4 of the six-book TinkerPie Robotics & AI series: a student book, project book and workbook in one. 23 chapters and 20 projects for the TinkerPie V1 board, with a short recap of earlier classes in every chapter, plus TinkerPieCircuit and TinkerPieCAD examples from the website. Answer key and teacher year plan included.
E-book · 112 pages · 23 chapters · 20 projects · ₹549. Free preview of the contents and first pages. Hardcopy publishing soon.
Contents
- Unit 1 · Discover robotics and AI
- 1. What is a robot?
- 2. Electricity and electronics
- 3. Microcontrollers: the robot’s brain
- 4. Sensors and actuators
- 5. What is programming?
- 6. Artificial Intelligence
- 7. The Internet of Things
- Unit 2 · Getting started
- 8. Meet the hardware: TinkerPie V1
- 9. Meet the software: TinkerPie Studio
- Unit 3 · Coding lessons
- 10. Blocks, JavaScript and Arduino C++
- 11. Loops: repeat and count
- 12. Variables: remembering values
- 13. Conditions: if and else
- 14. More events: gestures and sound
- 15. The simulator and virtual experiments
- Unit 4 · Sensors all around
- 16. How sensors work
- 17. Loops and decisions
- Unit 5 · Moving, measuring and playing
- 18. Tilt and direction
- 19. Games and timing
- 20. Knobs and joysticks
- Unit 6 · Bricks Lab
- 21. Sensor Bricks and a screen
- Unit 7 · Design Lab: circuits and 3D design
- 22. TinkerPieCircuit: build circuits on the screen
- 23. TinkerPieCAD: design in 3D