In order to pass the time during the summer break, Digi-Key Electronics, a global electronic components distributor, challenged two college engineering students – Grace and Noah – to film themselves working on six engineering projects. The result was the Another Geek Moment | Summer Break video series.
The projects center around transportation (bikes and longboards), medical (muscle sensing and pulse metering), and music (DJing and creating synthesized sounds). However, all of them have a distinct university student slant to the implementation and are all less than $75.
Grace and Noah each selected three projects that align well with their interests and that any university or college student with a passion for electronics can easily replicate. Every project uses products available from Digi-Key with tutorials that can be found on the Maker.io website. The projects include:
• Temperature Driven Bike Safety Light – featuring the Adafruit Circuit Playground and Arduino IDE
• DJ Pizza Box Controller – featuring the Adafruit Circuit Playground, conductive paint, and a box from your favorite pizza joint
• Pulse Room – featuring code based off the Pulse Sensor Amped’s Arduino sketch and various Adafruit products
• Trinket NeoPixel LED Longboard – featuring Adafruit’s Trinket, PowerBoost, and NeoPixel LEDs
• Muscle Sensor – featuring the SparkFun MyoWare™ Muscle Sensor
• MintySynth Kit – featuring an Adafruit kit and an Altoids tin (or another mint-sized tin of your choice)
University students who are interested in participating in future installments should contact Digi-Key at support@maker.io.
To read what Grace and Noah thought about their summer break experience, visit the “Another Geek Moment – Summer Break Edition – Noah and Grace are Back to School!” blog post on TheCircuit (http://publitek.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b4a832cf47ce6c2231ef9a39d&id=f26d21dc85&e=3c768e91d0).
