In today’s rapidly evolving world, engineering has become an essential discipline that drives innovation and progress across industries. Engineer Your World was created to address the crucial need to provide a quality, design-focused engineering education program that is affordable and accessible to virtually every high school student. This curriculum is focused on the students and encourages them to adopt an … Read More
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We’ve discussed the innovative, high school engineering curriculum that the Engineer Your World program provides. You’ve seen how this standards-based program inspires students. Now, let’s take a closer look at the courses offered in this easily accessible, high quality, and affordable program. EYW I: Engineering Design & Analysis The first course in the program immerses students in authentic engineering practices. This class is … Read More
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We recently posted a blog about embedded programming using the Raspberry Pi. In an effort to provide further information about accessing Raspberry Pi hardware in an embedded environment, this post will dive into using Raspberry Pi’s 1 MHz timer, also known as the system timer. In this post, we will be extending our last project and modifying our Delay function … Read More
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In the world of embedded systems, startup time is important. When you turn on your television, you want to be able to start watching within 5 seconds from the time you press the power button. But how do you create a program that can boot that quickly and not require any other user input to execute? Welcome to the world … Read More
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Today, we’ll be looking at how we can use the Raspberry Pi to turn light emitting diodes (LEDs) on and off. This is one of the most basic things you can do with a Raspberry Pi but it’s a great starting point for learning about physical computing. By the end of this tutorial, you will have a Raspberry Pi that … Read More
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The Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) hosts a state-wide convention every year to bring together some of the brightest minds from around the world and discuss how technology is being used in classrooms. From primary schools to higher education, the annual TCEA Convention & Exposition encourages educators and academic professionals to explore best practices for engaging students and innovating learning … Read More
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While you can in fact special order some of the instruction booklets for the currently available fischertechnik sets directly from Studica (please contact me directly at [email protected] for more info on this), there are no printed versions of the instructions for older kits available for sale. However, there is another option, and it’s totally FREE.
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