Electronics
The sensor which detects a human pushing something
What is a button?
This is the part of a computer that supplies power to all parts.
What is a power supply?
This is used to end most lines of code.
;
Note: if statements and voids do not use this. ever.
Used to declare a new integer.
What is int?
The possible outputs for a Digital Port
1 or 0
OR
HIGH or LOW
This acronym stands for: Light Emitting Diode
What is an LED?
This part of a computer reads CDs and DVDs.
What is a disc drive?
This is used to mark the beginning/end of a void, loop, or an if.
{
}
Used to stop our code from running for an amount of milliseconds.
What is delay(___); ?
Convert 3 to binary
11
This 3 wired attachment can rotate 180 degrees.
What is a servo?
If a computer stops displaying video to a monitor, there might be an issue with this part.
What is a VGA / graphics card.
This mark is used to ‘comment out’ a line of code, and mark it for the user’s eyes only.
//
Used to print out text to our serial monitor.
Serial.print(“ ”);
OR
Serial.println(“ ”);
Convert
111
To decimal
7
This is an analog sensor which is rotated to alter resistance.
What is a potentiometer?
Random Access Memory, used for temporarily storing data from active processes.
What is RAM?
Used to compare two values or variables in an if statement.
==
This command writes to a digital port.
digitalWrite(____, ____);
A button that is pressed will return this binary digit
1
The red wire on a servo goes to this port.
What is a 5 volt pin?
Most modern computers have this instead of the traditional hard disk drive (HDD).
What is a solid state drive? (SSD)
Used to mark text to be printed, or to mark a string. Always in green font.
“ ”
This command ALWAYS GOES IN OUR VOID SETUP WHEN USING THE SERIAL MONITOR.
Serial.begin(9600);
We code in a high level language (C++). Code written in binary is referred to as this.
Machine Code / Language