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Digital Electronics:
Project Lead the Way
Free student version of CircuitMaker software
One of last year's marble sorting machines
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Basic Stamp Introduction
Stamp Board PowerPoint

Basic Stamp Programming
PBasic Programming PowerPoint

Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs) Tutorial #1
Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs) Tutorial #2

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Line following robot engineering project

Students in John Jay's Project Lead the Way digital electronics class this year completed a final robotics lab project. This activity involved either building or modifying a toy vehicle that would follow a black tape road course. Students built optical sensor circuits, programmed onboard micro-controllers and used servo motors to automatically steer their vehicles. Students were allowed to only control the speed of the vehicle through remote control. This course is a part of Project Lead the Way , a national pre-engineering sequence offered at the high school level. Students who demonstrate mastery in the course qualify to take a Rochester Institute of Technology final exam and may receive transferable college credit from RIT.

This year's solutions:
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Group 1 (D. Caceres, K. Chieco)
Group 2 (M. Clifford, P. Coghlan)
Group 3 (S. Corliss, M. Cross)
Group 4 (M. DiNardo, S. Dipalermo)
Group 5 (T. Kohler, E. Studley)
Group 6 (C. Taylor, K. Troy, M. Yackel)