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The first day of class our class learned about the safety procedures in the classroom.

- Wash hands after soldering

- Long hair tied up

- Close toed shoes

- Eye protection while using mills and other cutting machines

- And most importantly pick up and clean area after using it

We also learned where all the machines were and what they did.

- Filament 3D Printers

- Laser Cutter

- Vinyl Cutter

- Soldering Area

- Shop Bot 3D Cutter

- Mills and other cutting machines

Today during lab times I learned about Arduino UNO boards and how to use them with the help of the Arduino Program to make an LED light in a circuit blink or dim at certain timed intervals. I also learned how to read the Arduino UNO and what things were what; Such as the numbers with the ~ symbol next to them mean that they can be used as a fake input for information to send to the LED circuit. This info commanded the LED when to stop blinking, how long to blink, or, when to fade, how long to fade for, and pauses between fading. The fading and dimming would use the PWM (pulse width modulation) to change the length of time power is sent to the circuit to simulate fading and dimming as an illusion because of the speed of the flashes of light.

Blinking Arduino Code:

Blink Code

Dim Arduino Code:

Dim Code

Fade Arduino Code:

Fade Arduino