Week 1- Alvin Andrade

 Our first week of the Digital Health Scholars program has been mainly focused on learning and understanding the ultimate goal of the program. We started off utilizing Arduino by putting together several tiny projects using a Sparkfun kit. I put together projects such as a Simon Says Game, Distance Sensor, and Potentiometer using the components that were in our kit! After playing around with the different components and putting together tons of different projects, I played around with the code to modify the text of a LED screen that initially printed "Hello World", and made it print out different texts that I chose. This was definitely my favorite part as I was able to be hands on and see so many different things working together to make cool projects. 

The Second and Third day were also very hands on, as we began to make, and finished, our online PCB Board. I really enjoyed making this project as it showed me what goes on behind the making of games such as Whack-a-mole. Although I was still getting to understand what every single piece on the PCB Board meant, the Sparkfun circuit board projects helped me gauge what some of the pieces' functions were. Another important thing we did was getting familiar with various Tiny Watch components like the Speedometer, Pulse Ox, and Bluetooth. Getting to see them actually work in real time was very fascinating and I can't wait to use all these functions together to make a very cool final project. I'm also very excited to use other advanced components later on in this program such as Computer Vision and AI to elevate our project! Overall, this program has been amazing so far and I can't wait to continue being hands-on and eating the wonderful food here on campus!

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