Artifacts

This semester, I am enrolled in a class called Intro to ME Design. This course is split into two main portions. In the first half, I learned how microcontrollers are used in electromechanics, and specifically worked with an Arduino Uno. At the end of this portion of the class, we were given a very open-ended project where we were to build something useful that was controlled by an Arduino. I chose to build an alarm clock that requires motion of the user to turn it off. This is different than an ordinary alarm clock which can be easily snoozed. I built the actual prototype and wrote the entire code independently. This was the first project in which I coded a program on my own, and I’ve never learned more from a project. It was rewarding to finish with a physical prototype that worked at the end.

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