HyperDuino: Getting Started!

This is a series of mini-books about HyperDuino and MakerBit. The ideas can be read online. More info at www.auntgoodiebags.com 

HyperDuino-MakerBit Ideas

You will need these pieces from your kit:

1 Touch sensor easy-connect cable (GRAY connector)

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The HyperDuino works with a Funduino/Arduino Uno. The MakerBit works with a BBC micro:bit.

1 Easy-connect cable with pre-attached LEDs (Red or Blue LEDs and BLACK connector)

Keep a working journal of your projects. The books on <a href="https://read.bookcreator.com/library/-LYl4_HpkwM8ykuzwgzt">Auntie's Bookshelf </a>were made using the <a href="http://www.bookcreator.com">Book Creator for Chrome</a> app.

Get in the habit of plugging in the battery LAST. The HyperDuino and Funduino are like a small computer. Getting your wires and LEDs in place before connecting the battery THEN testing works best. If things are not working-- try disconnecting the battery and re-plugging it into the HyperDuino.

Think about using Book Creator for sharing your ideas with your students, other teachers and for professional development!

1. The HuperDuino "piggybacks" onto the Funduino.

NOTE: The HyperDuino does NOT fit tight against the Funduino. There will be a small space between.

The tiny pins on the HyperDuino fit into the sockets on the the sides of the Funduino. Carefully line up the pins and ease the HyperDuino into the Funduino. Do not force it!

Note the little bump on the cable connector blocks on the multi-color ribbon cables. This is the GRAY connector block. There is also a bump on the BLACK connector.

The boxes have a slot. The bump on the cables fit into the slot in the box.

2. Plug the cable with the GRAY block into the WHITE box on the HyperDuino.

NOTE: The WHITE box is labeled "TOUCH" and the BLACK boxes are LEDs 8-13 and LEDs 2-7. We will be using the TOUCH and LEDs 2-7 boxes right now.

3. Plug the cable (BLACK block with pre-attached LEDs) into the BLACK LED 2-7 box on the HyperDuino.

Then learn how to connect to your computer, add audio, motors, servos...

Start dreaming of how you can add Touchpoints and LEDs to projects you may already be making-- or thinking of making!

5. Attach the connecting clip to the 9 volt battery.

All the LEDs will flash for a few seconds.

and then... Touch your Touchpoint and one LED should light up!

Keep reading...

This mini eBook is adapted from HYPERDUINO IDEAS by Dr. Nancy Smith and Aunt Goodiebags

There are lots of ideas on Auntie's web page <a href="http://www.auntgoodiebags.com">www.auntgoodiebags.com</a> and the HyperDuino web page <a href="http://www.hyperduino.com">www.hyperduino.com</a> and you will start to see MakerBit, HyperDuino AND Aunt Goodiebags ideas and lessons in the new <a href="https://edu.workbencheducation.com/cwists/category">Google Workbench Education</a>!

SHARE your questions, problems, projects --and works in progress -- on the HyperDuino/MakerBit group on Facebook! This group is super friendly and they know (and share) so much about excitement and information about technology!

NOTE: The individual LEDs will be a SNUG FIT. Don't push them too far into the sockets!

1. Unplug the battery. 2. Take out the cable (BLACK block with the pre-attached LEDs). 3. Plug in one of the "other" cables (BLACK block without the pre-attached LEDs).

4. Insert an LED into the double socket. Be SURE to notice the tiny raised triangle on the socket.

... and the SHORTER leg of the LED goes into the socket with the triangle.

The tiny numbers near the boxes on the HyperDuino can help you identify and fix any problems when you have a completed project and an LED is not working. Ex: T2 (Touch 2) will light P2 (Point 2) on the LEDs 2-07 box. Use these numbers or create a label system of your own to mark the information on the back of your project.

The Touchpoints in your kit are actually pierced earring backs!

Most metal objects can be used for Touchpoints. Try experimenting! Auntie's Button Box shows some examples of Touchpoints. Get your students to help design some unique Touchpoints!

Be sure you have a good battery. Unplug and plug the battery in again. Be sure the cable with the BLACK block is in the correct box. There are TWO BLACK boxes on the HyperDuino. You want to be in the one marked LEDs 2-7.

Try adding 5 additional Touchpoints to the next sockets!!! Light up 6 LEDs!

Why stop there? Add more Touchpoints to the cable with the GRAY block and Add another cable (BLACK block with pre-attached LEDs) to the other BLACK box (LEDs 6-13) on the HyperDuino.

NOTE: The Touchpoint does NOT go all the way into the socket.

4. There are 12 sockets on the cable with the GRAY block. Insert a Touchpoint into the first WHITE socket.

The space allows you to place the Touchpoint flat against the foamcore of your project boards with the wires hidden in the back.

The first WHITE socket is on a RED wire... Number T02 on the HyperDuino board.

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