Homework for today: hardware vocab
Turn in Machine Learning paper with 4% grade penalty
Discuss computer chips, Moore's Law
Videos:
How do they make computer chips?
Zoom into a microchip
(also: Photolithography)
Discuss basic electronics - circuits, resistors, capacitors, LEDs, transistors
Tuesday:
Soldering lab
Wednesday (flip day, 2-1-4-3):
Experiment with the Visible Computer - Class handout
Booting a computer
Discuss modern computer history: 1960s to today.
How does a hard drive work?
Thursday:
Homework for today: Read 'How operating systems work', turn in OS vocabulary
Introduce operating systems: two roles, five jobs of an OS: processor management, memory and storage management, device management, application interface, and user interface.
Try System Information and Activity Monitor apps.
Do hands-on OS with terminal window
Friday:
Introduce file names and paths.
Complete OS discussion, watch user interface videos:
Google Home (3:54)
Project Milo (3:53)
Microsoft HoloLens (4:11)
Toybox demo for Oculus Touch (0:52)
Brain-Computer Interface (4:54)
Give out review sheet for test next Tuesday on computer hardware, history, operating systems, basic electronics
