Abstract
This article describes inexpensive, autonomous robots, built without microprocessors, used in a college-level introductory physics laboratory course to motivate student learning of dc circuits.Detailed circuit descriptions are provided as well as a week-by-week course plan that can guide students from elementary dc circuits, through Kirchhoff's laws, and into simple analog integrated circuits with the motivational incentive of building an autonomous robot that can compete with others in a public arena.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 333-340 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | American Journal of Physics |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 1 2017 |
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Inexpensive robots used to teach dc circuits and electronics. / Sidebottom, David L.
In: American Journal of Physics, Vol. 85, No. 5, 01.05.2017, p. 333-340.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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