This week we will go over ideating projects and getting a first example of the hardware setup to demo to the course.  We'll be using the Seedstudio Wio Terminal for this course but most circuitpython boards can be used for the final project.

* Materials/Vendors/Tools
  * Adafruit / CircuitPython
  * IFTTT and Adafruit IO
* Creative examples:
  * Creative Applications
  * Stuff No One Needs (sic) Hackathon

Homework:
Setup the hardware demo project

Week 2: Ideation and Prototyping

Go over ideas submitted in course and introduce more hardware and acuators that can be used for the project. Create a timeline and list of goals to accomplish in the next 3 weeks to finalize your prototype.

Share and publish your progress on the course forum or your blog.

Week 3: Starting your prototype

Go over different wire protocols and sensors
- Analog, One Wire, I2C, UART, SPI, JTAG

How to choose a sensor or dev board?
    - Formats for Sensors
    - Stores to source from
    - Interfacing with a sensor

Go through different examples of interfacing with sensors and actuators

**For homework:**

Exercise: Setup the provided LCD display with your board

Continued: Work on finishing your prototype
    - Document what you've learned and what you feel that you need to learn to finish your project.

Week 4: Technical Introduction to Protocols and Sensors

Go over everyone's chosen ideas and technical project plan, answer questions and provide feedback

Discuss fabrication methods and answer questions that arise from your technical exercises

**For homework:**

Work on finishing your prototype

- Document what you've learned and what you feel that you need to learn to finish your project.

Week 5: Share Projects

Cover different ways for your project to communicate with the internet and the physical world. Cover WiFi, Bluetooth, LoRa, talk about different wire protocols and server protocols. Go through cloud data example.

Homework: Integrate WiFi to project

Week 6: Technical: Wireless Communication

Go through sharing your work and documenting the project. Share current project with the course for informal feedback.

Week 7: Documenting and Sharing Work

We'll show each other all our projects in the first 50 minutes then reserve the end to give structured reactions and feedback for each project

Week 8: Final Presentation Preparation

Starting off with introductions, we'll move into talking about the internet of things and what may make it absurd. We'll go through the structure of the course, logistics around the hardware kit, and talk about some theory.

Homework: Write a forum post about what you want to learn or achieve during the course. Fill out the hardware kit shipping information.

Week 1: Meet the class and talk about IOT

Final presentation for all individuals in the course to share their creations and Q+A. Open to the public.

Final Project Presentations

We’ll examine how everything is connected and teach you how to make your own internet-connected (possibly absurd) device! The course will cover iot networking tools and use circuitpython for coding .

Internet of Absurdity

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Retrospective

## Course Goals

The course aims to flip the dialog to what can devices do for you! Learn how to make your own whimsical or useful prototypes with this course.  🎛
The cohort will cover technical prototyping, ideation, sensors and coding, and communication tools to use to connect your device. 

The course cost includes around $60 of hardware preconfigured and shipped to you based off of Seeedstudio's [WIO terminal]( https://www.adafruit.com/product/4707 ) and some sensors.

Missed the course preview and want more context? Here are [the slides](https://drive.google.com/file/d/11iO0kekoCCkBa-Gft_qvrKgw0SxHiGKL/view).

## Requirements

* Interest in prototyping an internet-connected device
* Some previous experience coding is recommended (course will be conducted in python)
* A laptop with accessible USB ports and the ability to run a python text editor and mount USB devices. (Need to be able to install programs)
* The ability to store / receive a small box of parts (around 4x6x2") in the mail (can ship internationally)

## Structure

* Each week on Tuesday 7:30pm EST for 1.5 hours.
  * First 45 minutes: lecture-based
  * Second 45 minutes: discussion-based

#### First 2 Weeks:

Introduction to the class, talking about IOT in general, and getting started with the ideation process for a project. Will be shipped physical hardware for week 3 during the first week.

#### Middle 4 Weeks:

Build your prototypes and learn the technical process for building an Internet of Things prototype.

#### Last 2 Weeks:

Document your work and prepare your project to present. Finish prototyping and any final touches that need to occur for the prototype to be complete. Finally, share your project with others in the final course session.

#### Final week:

We'll host a public session for your friends and family to see the final project and hold a Q+A.

## Artifacts

You'll produce a prototype using a internet-connected device with custom code that integrates the internet into a part of your physical world.

## Who Should Sign Up

Someone with an interest in internet connected things or anyone wishing to delve more into the corporate world of the future of electronics and reuse.

You don't have to be an engineer to take this course, but a willingness to learn tools and prototype is important for the second portion of the class. We're looking for people interested in making something as a prototype and will provide tools and help along the way to make that possible.

## About the Hardware

We will be using the WIO Terminal Product by Seeedstudio to develop our projects. Wifi code will be provided and setup on the device when being shipped and the board will be programmed with micropython. Sensors and the WIO Terminal will be shipped to each cohort member during the first week of the course.

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