Animated Bracelet – SCOPES-DF
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Lesson Details

Subjects *
Computer Programming, Technology, Unplugged
Age Ranges *
11-14
Fab Tools *
electronics, computer, Adafruit, Microcontroller
Standards
Fab-Programming.1, Fab-Electronics.1
Author
Studio 5
Additional Contributors
Zaid Abusini, Ilaria La Manna

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Studio 5
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Summary

Onsite session aims towards delivering the knowledge of wearable technology in order to build an animated bracelet.

What You'll Need

In this session, we will need the following:

1- Presentation

2- Adafruit platform

3- Advanced Circuit playground

 

The Instructions

Wearable Technology

In this section, we will go through wearable technology and its types.

1- We will start by Ice breaking with the participant.

 

2- Then we will go through what is meant by wearables’ technology.

“Wearable are devices incorporated into items that can be comfortably worn on a body”.

3- Then we will go through the types of wearable are used and the purpose of using such tech.

“Wearable are used for the purpose of tracking information to be processed for farther analysis.”

4- We can ask the participant to provide an example of a wearable they might see or used?

5- Then we will go through the types of wearable have.

  • Smartwatches : devices do provide the user with notification “missed calls, massages, and social media”
  • Head mounted display: which are devices that takes the user to a virtual world.
  • Fitness tracker: devices mostly used by athletes that can provide steps moved, active time and calories burnt.
  • Smart cloths : smart electronics incorporate with wearable cloths to give fashionable look.
  • Implantable : devices are medically used, and they are inserted to the human body through surgeries.

 

6- Then we will show a video regarding what is meant by wearables.

Technology associated with wearable

In this section we will go through the technologies associated with wearable technology.

1- We will ask the participant about their knowledge about what technology is associated with wearables.

2- One of the main technology that used in this field is the flex PCB (printed circuit board) which is durable and easy to wear.

3- Then we will go through the smart clothing industry where smart sensors and smart textile are added for further functionality than the normal traditional use.

4- Then we will show the participant a video for the smart textile.

Microcontroller

In this section we will introduce microcontroller to the participant and the associated microcontroller that can be used with wearables.

1- We will introduce the microcontroller to the participant and how it works.

2- Then we will show a brief video that introduce the working principle of the microcontroller.

3- Then we will give examples about the microcontroller used to build wearables.

 

Software

In this section we will introduce software to participant and how to code microcontrollers

1- We will ask the participant about how computers communicate with humans.

 

2- Then we will present what is software and how computers communicate.

3- Then we will show the types of coding

 

4- Then we will show a video about the coding instructions.

What we will be doing today

In this section we will show what we will be doing today and the needed material to build the prototype.

1- We will show the prototype we will be building and what material we need to use.

 

2- Then we will start by building the code for our prototype using the Adafruit make code from Microsoft, which offers block coding with real time simulation for the instructions we built.