Possibly too late for career day now, was sending it a few days ago, but wi=
th the list having been down....

Sounds like death by Powerpoint for the little ones. Kids don't like slides=
, kids like getting stuck into things. You don't have to be too factual wit=
h this stuff, rather you have to inspire them. Hard for them to get excited=
 about a product definition document even though we all know that in real l=
ife they are critical. The big data sheet with lots of numbers in it will p=
robably have them looking for alternative jobs.

I mean no disrespect here, but how many of us got into this because someone=
 showed us a pile of documentation and details of a process we did not unde=
rstand? More likely it was because we saw something we thought was 'cool'.

For my part, I found out about the paperwork when it was too late! (I still=
 get a kick out of the cool stuff though)

Joe

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From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of=
 Harold Hallikainen
Sent: 07 February 2015 20:07
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [EE] Making career day fun

The eddy current discussion reminds me of a conservation of energy demonstr=
ation. Get a hand cranked dynamo. As additional incandescent lamps are conn=
ected to it, it gets harder to crank.

It's an interesting physics demo, but how "career" is it? More career might=
 be "the birth of a product." This could be a combination of slide show and=
 pass around stuff.

1. Slide of product definition meeting.

2. Slide of product definition document.

3. Slide of person doing schematic capture.

4. Screenshot of portion of schematic.

5. Pass around a copy of a chip datasheet (few hundred pages).

6. Screenshot of unrouted board.

7. Screenshot of routed board, especially showing multilayer.

8. Pass around a bare board.

9. Photos of automatic placement and soldering.

10. Pass around a stuffed board.

11. Screenshot of firmware flow chart.

12. Screenshot of firmware in C.

13. Screen shot of disassembled code.

14. Photo of debug session (person, PCB, computer, oscilloscope, etc.).

15. Couple screenshots showing single stepping and watch window.

17. Photo of final assembly.

18. Photo of production test.

19. Pass around finished product.

Let the kids know that this is what's behind every electronic product in th=
eir home.

Harold


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