ABC of Digital Signal
Lesson Details
What is a digital signal? What are its characteristics? What is a switch? What are its types? How does it behave?
Activities:
- Making a switch circuit and visualizing the signal generated by a switch on evive's mine oscilloscope.
Curriculum:
Electronics for Kids – Level 2
Classroom Bundle Used: STEM Classroom Bundle, STEM Mini Classroom Bundle
Prerequisites:
ABC of Analog Signal
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Lesson Overview
Students will learn the following things:
- What is a digital signal and how it looks?
- What is the switch? Different types of switches.
- Activity – Visualizing switch voltage output on evive mini-oscilloscope.
Material Required
1 set of the following material per group of 3-5 students:
| Component | Image | Quantity | Available in Bundle |
|---|---|---|---|
| evive |  |
1 | |
| Pushbutton |  |
1 | |
| Male to Female Jumper Cable 20cm |  |
2 | |
| 10 kOhm Resistor |  |
1 |
Lesson Outline
Introduction & recap of the previous class - 5 minutes
What is digital signal and visualising it using graph? - 10 minutes
What is switch? Different kinds of switches? - 15 minutes
Visualising switch output on evive Mini-Oscilloscope. - 25 minutes
Wrapping up the lesson. - 5 minutes
