{"id":40287,"date":"2021-02-04T09:28:51","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T01:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=40287"},"modified":"2021-02-04T14:37:02","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T06:37:02","slug":"introducing-the-high-school-robotics-course-by-jeremy-ellis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/04\/introducing-the-high-school-robotics-course-by-jeremy-ellis\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the High School Robotics Course by Jeremy Ellis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In today\u2019s article, we\u2019re pleased to share about the high school Arduino robotics course developed by Jeremy Ellis<\/a>. Ellis is a Canadian educator with over 40 years of experience who is both passionate about and experienced in robotics and computer programming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ellis believes that with passion, even today’s programming beginners will one day make their contribution to the technologies that they are interested in. He also wants to encourage students to gain exposure to computer programming, more-so since tools like machine learning are becoming more accessible and easier to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

About the Course<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While he usually teaches electronics and computer programming at his in-person classes in school, Ellis has hosted his robotics learning codes and videos online for any keen learner to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His materials are perfectly beginner friendly and teach you about all the basics you need in order to get into your own robotics projects. It starts off with the most basic knowledge for using the Arduino IDE, then later heading into more advanced topics such as I2C connections, motors, serial communication, rangefinders, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can see the entire list of topics that he covers on his course page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Robotics Course Main Page<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Course Structure<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ellis\u2019 robotics course consists of a total of 23 chapters, each with a YouTube video and some Arduino code to get you started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
A Snapshot of Ellis’ Course on GitHub.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Course Materials: Arduino & Seeeduino XIAO<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Throughout the course, Ellis uses a number of Arduino compatible boards for teaching, including Arduino\u2019s Nano33Iot, Nano33BleSense, and our very own Seeeduino XIAO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Seeeduino XIAO<\/a> is our ultra tiny (just half the size of your thumb!) microcontroller board featuring the powerful CPU-ARM\u00ae Cortex\u00ae-M0+(SAMD21G18).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Even at its small size, the Seeeduino XIAO still carries a variety of GPIO interfaces that make it suitable for just about any electronics project you can imagine. Most importantly, it offers all this at an extremely affordable price point of less than $5, which makes it great for classroom learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are very proud and happy that the Seeeduino XIAO is enabling educators around the world like Ellis to implement electronics and computer education in their classes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

TinyML for the Classroom<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In addition to robotics education, Ellis is an active ambassador for Edge Impulse, and has an ongoing YouTube series<\/a> for tiny machine learning (TinyML) applications on microcontroller boards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n