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Path to STEM Projects

Activities for the TI-Innovator™ Hub with the TI LaunchPad™ Board that explore STEM concepts and develop engineering skills by designing and coding electronics.

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Unit 1: Setting Digital Output

Skill builder: Learn to use a digital output pin on the TI-Innovator™ Breadboard connector of the TI-Innovator™ Hub.

Project: Apply those skills to design, code and build a speaker.

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Unit 2: Getting Digital Input

Skill builder: Learn to read a digital input pin on the TI-Innovator™ Breadboard connector of TI-Innovator™ Hub.

Project: Apply those skills to design, code and build an electronic switch.

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Unit 3: Setting Analog Output

Skill builder: Learn to use an analog output on the TI-Innovator™ Hub to control a DC motor.

Project: Apply those skills to control the brightness of a red, green and blue (RGB) LED.

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Unit 4: Getting Analog Input

Skill builder: Learn to use an analog input on the TI-Innovator™ Hub to sense and measure variable voltage.

Project: Apply those skills to design, code and build a water quality sensor.

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Unit 5: Calibration

Skill builder: Design and build a device with a physical input and a voltage output.

Project: Apply those skills to build and calibrate a digital thermometer using an analog temperature sensor.

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Unit 6: Feedback and Control

Skill builder: Design, code and build a system that monitor sensor input and adjusts output.

Project: Apply those skills to build an electric heater using the digital thermometer from the Unit 5: Calibration project.

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