Week 1 - Melody Campos

Digital Health Take Flight Program: Week 1 Blogpost  

    My first week of the Digital Health Take Flight Scholars program was very innovative and exciting. I came into this with no coding experience, and I never took computer science in high school either. However, the SparkFun Inventor's Kit introduced me to a beginner level of embedded electronics by creating different circuits, ranging from simple to difficult. I learned about the different electric components involved in programming a circuit. My first circuit, Circuit 1A: Blink an LED, was introduced to me using a breadboard and an Arduino circuit prototype. On day two, we began by designing the layout for our PCB design and had a wonderful OEDK workshop tour. I also completed Circuit 2C: Simon Says; however, the circuit took me two attempts. This circuit taught me how to make connections between the code and parts on the RedBoard. By day three, we received our TinyWatch projects. I successfully completed the PulseOx and accelerometer projects, but I was unable to complete the Bluetooth project because my phone wouldn't connect. This is the day we finished our PCB design as well. With the design, I learned the importance of planning things correctly before finalizing.  On our last day, we had a wonderful time at the Rice Coffee House and presented our weekly recaps to our group. Overall, this week has been inspiring. Thank you.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Week Three - Lorelei

Image
     Week three was the busiest week for me and my partner. We were only able to finish some of the things we wanted to do for out final project. The interface and demonstration of how it will look like is perfect in my opinion. We especially designed this application for kids since they are in the highest risk of not being able to recognize pre-asthma attacks. We tried and we are going to keep on trying to make this as accessible as possible to lower-income families, making use of electronics available to them and just a little more additionally to make the machine work: the TinyWatch. Cheaper compared to the products out in the market, and small too that will be perfect for a child's wrist.      I am extremely happy about being able to make the code for playing custom videos on the tiny watch screen. Our instructor, Dr. Young, told me that was never explored and done before. It might have taken me three hours to do but it was definitely worth it.  ...
Read more

Week 1 - Ayaan

Image
Before the start of the Digital Health Young Scholars Program, I prepared by learning the basic syntax and concepts behind C++, a language that I found somewhat natural to me due to its similarity to JavaScript. I also did some preparation by looking into the basic functions of Arduino, such as "blink" amongst others which helped me have a basic understanding of how it worked and what I features I could implement on an Arduino Board. I feel that the research projects that have been assigned have been extremely interactive and educational, starting with the fundamentals of Arduino and C/C++, and moving up to more complex stuff. This pattern allowed me and others to better understand how such systems work and build cognizance about the idea that there is always more to do with technology. Pivoting to thoughts about my mentors, I feel that they have provided helpful in-depth explanations for complex topics, as well as support in the projects which we built. For Week 2, I hope to...
Read more

Week 2 - Anthony

Image
    Today, we completed the second week of the Digital Health Young Scholars Program. This week was not the best in terms of progress for me, because I feel really behind and worried whether I can complete the final project in time and to a high standard.     So far, the research project has been quite confusing, overwhelming, yet fun. It is confusing, because I don't know what constraints I am working under. Do I have access to other sensors aside from the ones provided? Am I allowed to create a whole other watch case for the project? This confusion led to me feeling overwhelmed with the task at hand, because I want to succeed and go above and beyond for this project. I want to test myself and have a good impact on the health world. This combined with how little I completed made me worried and somewhat stressed. However, the ability for me to tinker and work with electronics and code to tackle a modern issue excites me. I already have so many ideas on how I can use ...
Read more