Have you ever wondered how programmable light-emitting diode (LED) work? This workshop seeks to teach students how electronics can be combined to create a programmable LED with an infrared receiver (IR) receiver!
The first part of this workshop focuses on teaching students how RGB LEDs and IR senders/receivers work. Once students finish a short lesson on LEDs, they begin working on a mini-project in which they learn how to send and receive IR signals. After each student completes the mini-project, they move on to a larger project.
The larger project focuses on combining an RGB LED and an IR sender/receiver to create a remote control LED system. The students then dive into creating their own LED blinking patterns in code, thus programming their LEDs!
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This work is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF-CNS-2322919, NSF-OAC-23313738, NSF-CAREER-23313737, NSF-SPX-2202859).