PLTW Innovators & Makers Lesson 1.1

Building interactive physical systems using software and hardware that can sense and respond to the analog world.

• Physical Computing

• Computer Science

• Microcontoller

• Processor

The science of creating artifacts and solving problems using the help of a computer. Some of the areas of focus include software engineering, programming, data analysis, algorithms, graphics, and animation.

• Bluetooth Technology

• Interference

• Computer Science

• Physical Computing

A standard, short-range wireless connection for electronic devices.

• Bluetooth Technology

• Microcontoller

• Input

• Output

An interruption or break in a signal or transmission from one device to another.

• Interference

• Microcontoller

• Bluetooth Low Energy Antenna (BLE)

• Output

A small computer on a single integrated circuit containing a processor, memory, and programmable inputs and outputs.

• Computer Science

• Microcontroller

• Physical Computing

• Bluetooth Technology

A chip that processes information and data from input and delivers information or data as an output.

• Computer Science

• Microcontroller

• Output

• Processor

An antenna used to create a personal area network that uses low energy to power Bluetooth wireless technology.

• Output

• Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) antenna

• Input

• Processor

Information or signals put into a computer system.

• Output

• Bluetooth Technology

• Input

• Microcontroller

Information or signals produced or delivered by a computer system.

• Input

• Physical Computing

• Processor

• Output