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= Welcome to Education 4752 =

This wiki will serve as a personal resource for Education 4752. Notes on class activities and tests, the curriculum review, and a link to my group design portfolio will be found here. Wikispaces and google sites etc. are great ways to organize resources for a class. A useful links page will also serve as a valuable resource for current activities and for future projects. The format of this wikispace may change as new material is added.

About ED 4752:
 * This course provides a theoretical and practical examination of the technology education program in NL, with a focus on: Integrated Systems, Robotic Systems Technology, Grade 8 Control, and Grade 9 Energy and Power programs.
 * The design model will be used to solve a design problem and closely examine technological systems.
 * Development of systems witll utilize physical interfaces capable of digital and analog input/output, switches, actuators, sensors.
 * An event driven programming language will be used to develop the GUI to control the physical interface.

Topics that will be covered:
 * Technology Education curriculum in NL
 * Technology Problem Solving
 * The Design Cycle
 * Physical Interfaces (PC GadgetMaster II and Phidgets)
 * Binary Number System
 * Computer Sensing and Control
 * Input Devices (ie. Switches, IR sensors, Temperature, Photo-transistor)
 * Output Devices (Motors, Solenoids, Buzzers, LED's)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Digital vs. Analog Input/Output
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">ADC and DAC theory
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Signal Resolution, Sampling Rates (speed), Range, and Calibration