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Overview

Total fee

6,500

Mode of learning

Online

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Credential

Certificate

Build a Physical Computing Prototype
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Highlights

  • Complete 90% of course steps and all of the assessments to earn your certificate.
  • Evaluate physical computing in the real world and its impact.
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More about this course
  • Physical computing is the use of computers to respond to the physical movement of the human body.
  • Whereas in the past computing was limited to immobile computers and laptops, today microcontrollers and sensors are revolutionising the tech industry and how we interact with household items.
  • On this course you will learn whats inside the devices we all use every day, like kettles, phones, and smartwatches. You will come to understand how they work, how they respond to our movements, and ultimately learn to create your own physical computing prototype.

Build a Physical Computing Prototype
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Curriculum

What is Physical Computing

Welcome to the course

Breaking down Physical Computing

Your first microcontroller program

End of Week 1

What is data and how we use code to collect and analyse it

Welcome to week 2

Programming Physical Computing

Collecting, analysing and displaying data

Upcoming challenges

Complete your own physical computing challenges

Welcome to week 3

Beginner Challenges

Intermediate Challenges

What next

The real world & final challenge

Welcome to week 4

Advanced challenge

Real world implications

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