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Participants during
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 THE  THE  Arduino



                    Following the brief opening ceremony, Dr  proceeded to start programming and constructing
 Workshop   Pu introduced the circuit, cathode, and anode of  the circuit on the breadboard with assistance from

 Jointly reported by: Foo Zhing Yee Sr1ScA, Lim Sze Kee Sr1ScB, Goh Yu Xin Sr1ScD  a LED light. Afterwards, participants examined  the mentors.

            the Arduino set  before they started their first
 In order to enhance the STEM education as well as to let students dedicate themselves to self-
 motivated learning, Kuen Cheng High School Academic Department and University of Nottingham   experiment. In the experiment, students were   27th June 2022. The assignment on this day
 jointly organised an Arduino Workshop at our own Computer Lab, from June to August. The workshop   able to see the physical output from the Arduino  was to create a liquid-crystal display. As usual, the

 included both face-to-face physical and online training. Physical workshops were held separately on   microcontroller  board  as it  blinks  the  on-board  lecturer gave a briefing on the instructions and
 the 13th of June, 20th of June and 27th of June, from 3:15 p.m. to 4:45p.m, students of Electronic   LED.  issues to take note of. The responder of the three-
 Engineering and the lecturer from the University of Nottingham guided every participant patiently.   team was being carried on since last week. Instead
                  On 20th June 2022, students were assigned  of  using  a  7-Segment,  LCD  was  introduced  to

            to two different computer labs. The lecturer, Dr. Pu  show the corresponding team’s number after a
   On 13th June 2022, the first day of the workshop, every participant gathered at Computer Lab A
 on time. Madam Koo Lai Ping, Vice Principal of Kuen Cheng High School, welcomed all the mentors   started off by guiding us throughout the process of  button  is  pressed  by  the  team.  An  LCD  can  be
 and lecturers, thanking them for conducting such a meaningful workshop. Madam Koo expressed her   differentiating the anode and cathode electrodes  used to display numbers, symbols and characters.
 gratitude on behalf of the School towards Ir. Ts. Dr Belle Ooi and Ir. Ts. Dr Daniel Pu with a fruit   using a multimeter. It would make it easier for  Hence, by using an LCD, users could get more

 hamper.    us to complete the circuit constructions on a  meaningful messages from the 3-team responder.
            breadboard. We used an online platform named
            TinkerCAD to design programs. After completing          In this experiment, the programming and
            the assigned projects, the programs were uploaded  hardware connection  of  LCD  to  the  existing

            to the Arduino UNO board.                         responder’s circuit were concerned. With the
                                                              experiences accumulated since the past lab
                  The main project of the day was to complete  seminars, students were able to manipulate

 The lecturers and  the designing and programming of a Three-team  breadboard construction techniques of the
 Kuen Cheng teachers  responder. The main purpose of this responder  responder with the LCD confidently. Everything
            was to be used in competitions, it determines  progressed in success under the guidance of all
            which team has managed to secure the chance  helpful mentors. Students had a whale of a time
            to  give  their  answer. Two  of  the  other  buttons  enjoying the workshop and learnt loads of new

            will be automatically disabled after the first team  knowledge that could be carried along their
            pressed their corresponding button. The students  journey of becoming triumphant people.


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