Sidecar Projects
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Workshop: Accelerometer and tremor detector
“Accelerometer and Tremor Detector” combines basic knowledge of accelerometers, speed meters and I2C systems with a practical application in the medical field. ESO students will design circuits to simulate systems capable of detecting sudden movements in patients, using sensors and tools such as Tinkercad.
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Workshop: Pulse Monitoring
“Pulse Monitoring” integrates theoretical and practical knowledge about heart rate analysis with a basic application in the biomedical field. ESO students will design circuits with pulse sensors to measure heart rate and blood flow, using simulation tools such as Tinkercad.
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Workshop: Measuring height with ultrasound
“Height Measurement with Ultrasound” integrates theoretical knowledge about measurement methods with a practical application using ultrasound sensors. Secondary school students will design circuits to calculate a patient's height, simulating real systems with tools such as Tinkercad or Arduino.
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Workshop: Construction of a digital thermometer
“Building a Digital Thermometer” integrates basic knowledge about temperature measurement with analog sensors such as the LM35 and programming with Arduino. ESO students will design circuits to measure temperature, simulating the operation of a thermometer with tools such as Tinkercad.
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Learning situation: Biomedical measurement systems
“Biomedical Measurement Systems” combines theoretical and practical knowledge of electronics with measurement materials and medical skills. This learning situation guides ESO students through different modules and small projects focused on the field of medicine. Students will design and assemble a series of circuits to control and measure different biomedical signals using both electronic components and simulators such as tinkercad.
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Digital circuits lessons at jutge.org
Online course with a guided introduction to the design and analysis of digital circuits for pre-university students, combining theory and practice with Jutge.org.
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Escape Room: Stop the hacker!
In a gamified interactive experience about telecommunications, participants must follow the trail of a hacker and save the UPC.
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Electronic outreach videos series ‘Elektrina’
A series of educational videos in which Elektrina introduces young people to the basic concepts of electronics - such as Moore's Law, chips, processors and semiconductors - and highlights the role of women in science and electronics.
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Learning situation: The transistor. Foundation of digital computing
Programming a teaching unit that explores the power of the transistor with practices that include Micro:bit, programming and prototyping for the classroom.
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Infinity mirror workshop with programmable LEDs
Practical project to create a programmable Infinity Mirror with Arduino that combines electronics, programming and creative group work.
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Outdoor Counter and Adder
Outdoor activity where students become bits to explore counters and adders in decimal and binary systems.
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Logic gates with paper
Manual construction, with paper, of logic gates to understand the internal workings of digital circuits.
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Human Adder
Collaborative outdoor activity aimed at doing binary sums of two operands, where each student does a personalized basic function.
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The digital sum
Interactive demonstrator of a real binary adder where students explore how computers perform calculations.
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Lissajous curves
Visual activity to understand the interaction between two periodic signals using Lissajous curves.
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Analog computing
Practical activity to introduce analog computing by solving equations with simple electronic circuits.
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Electronics and digital computing
Practical and gamified workshop that introduces students to electronics and digital computing through an interactive space mission and real circuits.
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Electronics and Analog Computing
A practical introduction to analog computing in the lab, exploring a historic technology that is once again key to the future of artificial intelligence.
