YWIC blog 2017

Today i forgot to bring the lilypad, so I used the time to get a portfolio together, and create a plan for sowing the lilypad.

Today I worked some more on my lilypad project. I was working on completing the circuit without actually sowing the bag on. My the circuit sort of worked, except some of the lights wouldn't turn on. I'll have to work on it some more at home.  As for programming onto Raspberry Pi, that was pretty easy.

Today I  learned about  poly alphabetic  encoders and public encoders. Both were really fun to learn about, and I feel like a total spy.

I was trying to create a line of flashing lights on lilypad. My goal was to have one  of the lights blink first, then have the light to the left blink in consecutive order. Then, I want all of the buttons to light up at the same time. Right now my programs pretty simple.

Today I learned some computational terms  such as: algorithm, function, and iteration. An algorithm is a set of steps taken to achieve an output. A function is like a toaster, you put in an input, and the function achieves an output. Iteration is repetition. In order for a program to loop it needs to iterate more than 1 time. Technically in programming, 0 is actually 1, so it'd have to loop 2 times to repeat once.   And that variables in mathematics are very similar computational variables, in the sense that they represent unknown values and can change. I also learned how to phrase answers in Jeopardy. :)