Week #8: (10/24) StampWorks Kit Experiments

[rjagodowski]

This week you will begin your work in the StampWorks Manual as introduced in the two previous weeks. The complete list of experiments to be performed in this manual is at the end of this post. You can download the StampWorks Manual as well as the Spec Sheet for the Professional Development Board at here.

All of these exercises, plus a few select other, should be completed by the end of the semester. For this week, you should complete at least Experiments #26, #27, #10 & #11 and post a Reply to this Topic stating as such. If you have time, you should continue working through the list. There will be additional experiments, as noted after the list.

The BS2 Professional Development Board was created to allow one to rapidly create and experiment with BS2 projects using a minimum of external hardware. There is a large prototyping area contained on the board and you will find that many of the traditional I/O devices are included already. For instance: Pushbutton Switches, slide switches, LEDs, 7-Segment LED Displays, potentiometers, stepper-motor driver IC, audio amplifier & speaker, RS-232 interface and a real-time clock. The idea is to allow one to rapidly construct and debug ideas with a minimal of additional wiring.

When performing these experiments, you will follow the same basic processes as done for the WAM text. These experiments are generally at a higher level and often use more advanced programming techniques, some of which will be further explored in class-room discussion. However, you should thoroughly read each experiment and understand the topics presented.

The Stampworks kit and Professional Development Board (PDB) are in limited supply and, unfortunately, are no longer available for purchase. TREAT THEM CAREFULLY. You will each be assigned one kit. I have no other kits available!!!! Also, you may wish to or be required to, work with a partner for many of these exercises. Due to the complexity of some of the Activities, working with a partner is probably a good idea. Due to the limited supply, you CANNOT borrow the boards UNLESS you have the express written approval of Prof. Jagodowski, and even then, if granted, the term will be very limited. (Evening School Students in 2017 Fall are each assigned a kit to use. It MUST be returned before the end of the semester.)

You will notice that the list below begins with Experiments #26 & #27, then back to Experiment #10. It is advised you perform these Experiments in this order. You have already done some servo motor experiments in the WAM text, now you'll investigate them further with the Prof. Dev. Board. However, there is no "required order" to perform these experiments, so if you have a problem with one experiment, feel free to continue on to others. Just record which experiments you complete under each week's Lab Post.


The required experiments in the StampWorks Manual are:

Experiment #26: Hobby Servo Motor Control
Experiment #27: Stepper Motor Control (needs potentiometer circuit from Exp. #26.)
Experiment #10: A Digital Clock
Experiments #11, 12 & 13: Using an LCD Display
Experiment #14: Scanning & Debouncing Multiple Inputs
Experiment #16: Frequency Measurement
Experiment #17: Advanced Frequency Measurement
Experiment #18: A Light Controlled Theremin
Experiment #21: Analog Input with PULSIN
Experiment #22: Analog Output with PWM
Experiment #31: Advanced 7-Segment Multiplexing*
Experiment #32: IC2 Communications*
Experiment #33: Using A Real-Time Clock

*These Experiments require external parts not contained within the StampWorks Board Inventory. Most of them, however, should be in your kits from the previous semester, but if not, please see your instructor for any missing components.

In addition, you will be required to perform some additional experiments using the PING Ultrasonic Sensor, a 4x4 KeyPad and viewing BS2 I/O signals on the Agilent Digital Scopes, to name a few.

[bemmonds]

Experiments 26, 27, & 10 completed 10-26
Experiments 11, 12, & 13 completed 10-30
Experiments 14, 16, & 17 completed 11-19
Experiments 18, 21, & 22 completed 12-3
Experiments 31, 31, & 33 completed 12-9