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Don Wilcher

Don Wilcher is an Electrical Engineer, Technical Education Researcher, Instructor, Maker and Book Author. He is currently an Education Doctoral Student studying Personalized Learning and Competency Based Instruction. He researches Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence applications and their impact on Personalized Learning, Competency Based Models curriculum and instructional development in the fields of Mechatronics, Automation, Electronics, and Industrial Maintenance Technologies.

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November 18 - Day 5: A Wearable Bluetooth Controller
In this final class session, CEC participants will learn how to develop a wearable Bluetooth controller using the M5Core. Various Bluetooth serial terminal tools will be presented and reviewed in this session. Further...
November 17 - Day 4: Wearable Audible Alert Devices
CEC participants will learn about wearable audible alert device concepts through a series of mini lab activities. The M5Core amplifier and the tone generation feature will be presented in this day 4 session.
November 16 - Day 3: Wearable Devices Design Methods
Research-based approaches to designing wearable devices will be presented in this day 3 session. A series of mini-lab activities will illustrate user interface (UI) techniques for proper interaction layout and...
November 15 - Day 2: M5Core IoT Starter Kit Overview
The M5Core IoT Starter kit will be explained to CEC participants. The various sensors and electronic units will be examined through mini hands-on activities. A wearable electronic flashlight will be presented as a lab...
November 14 - Day 1: Introduction to Wearable Devices
This first-day course will introduce CEC participants to wearable device technology. The introduction will cover the M5Core ESP32 IoT controller as a wearable device’s development platform, and then the M5Core ESP32...
September 22 - Day 4: RP2040 Pico and DC Stepper Motors
In this session, participants will be introduced to the basics of stepper motors through interactive activities using the RP2040 Pico microcontroller. Control methods for operating a stepper motor will be explored in...
September 19 - Day 1: RP2040 Pico Basics
Day one will provide an overview of the RP20240 Pico as related to its system architecture. Participants will explore a specific application relating to DC motor controls. The transistor electromechanical relay motor...
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