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Engineering basics
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Engineering Design Cycle
- Defining the problem
- Parameters and specifications
- Brainstorming
- Decision matrices
- Working on a team
- documenting progress
- good vs bad design
- What is the engineering profession like?
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Mechanics
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Physics
- Newton's Laws
- F = M * A
- W = F * D
- P = W / t
- Friction
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Simple machines
- lever
- gear
- Pulley
- wedge
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Electronics
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Hardware
- Microcontroller
- Sensors
- Motors
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Circuits
- parallel vs series circuits
- V = I * R
- P = I * V
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Programming
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Logic
- Variables
- If-Then Statements
- Logic gates
- Loops
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Organization
- Main
- subroutines
- States
- Timers
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Language
- Syntax
- Nesting and whitespace
- Comments