Blink master

Arduino UNO

<p >This project is intended to be organized by an experienced Arduino user, for example in a school classroom.  The goal is to show how a problem can be broken down into a series of incrementally validated steps, while allowing each student to proceed at their own pace and express their own creativity.  Students should show the organizer when they have completed a step to pick up the instructions and components for the next step.  The organizer will need to be available to answer questions and help with debugging.</p><p >The project is broken down into a series of individual steps:</p><ul ><li >Assemble the Arduino Board</li></ul><ul ><li >Turn on a light</li></ul><ul ><li >Write code to turn the light on and off in a pattern</li></ul><ul ><li >Make several lights turn on and off in a cycle</li></ul><ul ><li >Make the cycle go back and forth (optional)</li></ul><ul ><li >Add a button which when held makes the lights cycle</li></ul><ul ><li >Display the score</li></ul><ul ><li >Get faster as the score goes up and show an end game sequence</li></ul><ul ><li >Bonus: Speed control</li></ul><ul ><li >Bonus: Sound</li></ul><ul ><li >Bonus: Head to Head</li></ul><ul ><li >Bonus: 7-Segment LED</li></ul><ul ><li >Bonus: Display</li></ul><ul ><li >Advanced: Soldering</li></ul><p ><span >See the </span><a href="https://bit.ly/blinkmaster">full printable instructions for details</a><span >.</span></p><p ><span >I </span><a href="https://twitter.com/RickByers/status/978477092970037249">led this project</a><span > in my son's Grade 6 enrichment class and the students appeared to love it.  All students completed the basic game within the 3 hours I was there, and most had completed at least one of the bonus challenges.  We used the classroom Chromebooks and the Arduino web editor.</span></p><figure><img src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/821d5692-df7f-4d0b-8c0c-077ae1172548.jpg /><figcaption>All the parts ready to go to school</figcaption></figure><p ></p><figure><img src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/f94ed49a-aba4-4f73-abd5-cf5d3ab8959b.JPG /><figcaption>The extra parts and instructions for the basic game ready for the class.</figcaption></figure><p ></p><figure><img src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/ec2d0f88-4f31-48e6-ab8b-16565d911059.jpg /><figcaption>My son working with his class on the project.</figcaption></figure><p ></p><div class="se-component se-video-container __se__float-none" contenteditable="false" style="width: 100%;"><figure style="width: 100%; height: 56.25%; padding-bottom: 56.25%; margin: 0px;"><iframe frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Dy-X10WMKC0" data-proportion="true" data-percentage="100%,56.25%" data-size="100%,56.25%" data-align="none" style="width: 100%; height: 100%;" data-index="0" data-file-size="0" data-origin="100%,56.25%"></iframe><figcaption contenteditable="true"><div>Video of one of the students showing off their work on the 7-segment bonus.</div></figcaption></figure></div><p ></p>

Blink master

Get started with Arduino by building a simple but fun game with a variety of extensions. Designed to be completed in a 3 hour class.