Skycraft Alternative Project

Alternative to Skycraft Scavenger Hunt 20 points

Please go on the internet and find the following products. Please provide me with a URL Have fun shopping!

Please locate 4 different kinds of LEDs. Look up the voltage and amp specs for each. 2 points

1. 10 Segment LED Bar Graph – Blue
   https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9937
   Volts:3.6V  Amp:20ma
   
2. RGB LED Chain - 20 LED Addressable
   https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11020
   Volts:5V Amps: 1.8A
3. Vollong 3W White High Power Linear COB LED
   https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/high-powered/vollong-3w-high-power-linear-cob-led/1005/2426/#/tab/Specifications
   Volts: 13.5V Amps:300mA
4. 30W White High Power Planar COB LED
   https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/high-powered/30w-white-high-power-planar-cob-led/1255/
   Volts:34V Amps:1500mA

Find two devices that contain solar panels and tell me what they are. 1 point

Solar Power-Storing Sun Glasses

These sunglasses function in two ways: protecting the eyes from harmful rays while also collecting sunlight to power small devices.

http://www.yankodesign.com/2008/12/17/solar-powered-solar-panel-sun-glasses/

I-Slate

This tablet was developed as a low-cost option for schools without electricity to have access to an electronic notepad and self-teaching tools.

http://www.rice.edu/nationalmedia/news2010-11-08-islate.shtml

Find a breadboard. .5 point

https://www.adafruit.com/products/64

Go to Makers Shed or American Scientific and find 5 devices that contain sensors and tell me what they do. 2.5 for devices and .5 what they do 3 for total of 3 points

Particle Photon IoT Prototyping Breakout Board

Solderless board with headers, Broadcom BCM43362 Wi-Fi chip and Particle P0 Wi-Fi module  useful for IoT prototyping.

http://www.makershed.com/products/particle-photon

Simon Says Through-Hole Soldering Kit

Package must be soldered. 4 LEDs with pushbuttons are soldered to the board and controlled through arduino to emulate Simon Says.

http://www.makershed.com/products/simon-says-through-hole-soldering-kit

Touch Board Starter Kit

Kit includes everything you need to turn any surface into a touch-interface.

http://www.makershed.com/products/touch-board-starter-kit

Ozobot

These little bots detect color and can be programmed to react through movement and LEDs.

http://www.makershed.com/products/ozobot-bit-dual-pack-set

Find 6 different kinds of cables and give me specs of each size in gauge. Also look up what each kind. 3 point total

6 AWG Jumper Cables 

http://www.amazon.com/Tangle-Battery-Booster-cables-travel/dp/B008BWGBKC

10 AWG Copper Wire for Residential Wiring

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Southwire-100-ft-10-Gauge-3-Conductor-NM-B-Cable-Orange-63948426/202316240

16 AWG Universal Power Cord with 3-Pin Connector

http://www.amazon.com/SF-Cable-35ft-Universal-Power/dp/B005J5ZK3I

20 AWG Copper Wire for Automotive and General Electric Use

http://www.delcity.net/store/20-Gauge-Wire/p_181397

30AWG High Speed HDMI Video Cable

http://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=6917

50 AWG Fiber Optic Wire

https://www.platt.com/platt-electric-supply/Fiber-Optic-Cables-Multimode/Hitachi-Cable-America-Inc/61468-6/product.aspx?zpid=102647

Locate a really cool electronics kit that measures something. What does it do? .5 points

Botanicals Kit

This kit comes with everything you need to give your plant access to online capabilities allowing it to do things like post to Twitter when it is in need of water or love.

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10334

Find 5 different motors and describe each look up what they might be used for. Please tell me if they are DC motors, servo motors, AC/DC motors or stepper motors. 3 including descriptions

1. AC/DC "Diorama" Animation Motor
Small motors to use in dioramas to power tiny railroads, carousels, etc.
http://www.micromark.com/animation-gearmotor,7886.html

2. 8 Wire NEMA 34 Step Motor
Programmable motor that can move a number of degrees at a programmed speed.
http://www.circuitspecialists.com/step-motor-nema-34-85bygh450c-03.html

3. Continuous Rotation Servo Motor
Robot servo with full circle motion.
http://www.robotshop.com/en/hitec-hsr-1425cr-continuous-rotation-servo.html

4. High Torque Industrial Servo Motor
Servo with strong torque for industrial applications.
http://www.robotshop.com/en/torxis-i01857-12v-high-torque-industrial-servo-motor.html

5. DC Toy Hobby Motor
Small 4.5-9V motor for small electronics projects.
https://www.adafruit.com/products/711

Find 3 types of camera or optical devices. 1.5 points

Optical Detector Photoresistor

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/246

Optical Dust Sensor

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9689

LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface - Infrared

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11610

Find three devices that deliberately (sound production is part of their function) produce sound and tell me what they are. 1.5

Spark Punk Sound Kit

The Spark Punk is a synthesizer redesign of the Atari Punk. It has several different knobs and switches for creating unique sound banks and controlling tones.

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11177

Wonder Beeps

This kit comes with everything you need to set up a wireless control device that turns the power state to HIGH or LOW triggered by an embedded sound.

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11560

Sparkfun Metro-Gnome

A simple digital metronome kit that emits a click to keep time with music at a set BPM.

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9236

Find five different kinds of potentiometers or variable resistors. What is their range of voltages? What are they used for? 3

SoftPot Membrane Potentiometer

A variable resistor strip with a resistance range of 100Ohms to 10,000Ohms  depending on where the strip is being pressed. A practical application would be for an accurate positional input such as a CNC router.

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8680

Knob Cubelet

Knob potentiometer embedded into magnetic cubes that output 0 at one end and 1 at the other. These cubes are basically magnetic components that "program" different behaviors through their magnetic connections.

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11935

Slide Pot - Motorized

A motorized slide pot that uses a small belt-driven motor with two separate 10k audio taper potentiometers.

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10734

Soil Moisture Sensor

3.5-5V variable resistor that measures moisture in soil through a breakout board with two conductive resistors. The more moisture on the two surfaces the more conductivity and lower resistance. 

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13322

Force Sensitive Resistor - Square

The square has a resistance of 1 megohm+ when no force is being applied, but when pressure is enforced the resistance is lowered allowing a higher voltage to pass through.

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9376

Find three different kinds of project boxes to house an electronics project. 1.5 points

Aluminum Enclosure

http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/168-54-100-w-h-l_906945441.html?spm=a2700.7724857.29.37.hUvduP&s=p

Weatherproof Case with Clear Top

http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/ADAFRUIT-INDUSTRIES-905-/21-14635

Black Mini Plastic Box

http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/HAMMOND-1551GBK-/21-9862

Find an LCD panel. .5 points

Microtips 4.3" Diagonal LCD panel

http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Microtips-Technology/UMSH-8253MD-1T/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMt7dcPGmvnkBkT869FPfqkbXrUbQKnlyfw%3d

I want to build a special holiday hat that lights up when I tilt my head side, plays music when I tilt my head backwards and shoots off my head when I tilt my head forward. Please make a list of the supplies with URLS that I will need to build this hat. (3 points)

Lilypad:

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10274

Conductive Thread:

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11791

Accelerometer:

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9269

Wave Shield:

https://www.adafruit.com/products/94

LEDs Assort pack:

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12062

Shotgun for when the hat "shoots off my head when I tilt my head forward":

http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/product/7-G982

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