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| wraper:
--- Quote from: Hero999 on June 12, 2018, 09:17:34 am --- --- Quote ---On top of that, coding even something simple means you have designed something by your own. Repeating preexisting circuit is not. --- End quote --- I agree but the same is true, whichever method is used: copying someone else's code is even more pointless. --- End quote --- Entry level of writing your own code is much lower than designing own circuit. |
| wraper:
--- Quote from: Hero999 on June 12, 2018, 09:17:34 am --- --- Quote ---Placing artificial limits is discouraging, there must be some sort of success to get encouragement. --- End quote --- It mimics real life. Quite often, it's not feasible to do something the easiest way. --- End quote --- Yeah, show the real life to 7yo :palm:. |
| Zero999:
--- Quote from: wraper on June 12, 2018, 09:50:43 am --- --- Quote from: Hero999 on June 12, 2018, 09:17:34 am --- --- Quote ---Placing artificial limits is discouraging, there must be some sort of success to get encouragement. --- End quote --- It mimics real life. Quite often, it's not feasible to do something the easiest way. --- End quote --- Yeah, show the real life to 7yo :palm:. --- End quote --- That's what being a good parent is about FFS: preparing your children for real life! --- Quote from: wraper on June 12, 2018, 09:39:52 am --- --- Quote from: Hero999 on June 12, 2018, 09:17:34 am --- --- Quote ---On top of that, coding even something simple means you have designed something by your own. Repeating preexisting circuit is not. --- End quote --- I agree but the same is true, whichever method is used: copying someone else's code is even more pointless. --- End quote --- Entry level of writing your own code is much lower than designing own circuit. --- End quote --- That depends on the complexity and the nature of the device. I designed my own circuits using switches, lamps and relays, long before I touched a keyboard and found it easier than coding. There are no commands to remember. However in this case, it's a state machine, so yes, coding is easier. |
| NivagSwerdna:
--- Quote from: Hero999 on June 12, 2018, 08:02:14 am --- --- Quote from: NivagSwerdna on June 11, 2018, 04:12:27 pm --- --- Quote from: rthorntn on June 10, 2018, 05:04:25 am ---I'm working with my 7yo daughter to build a traffic light circuit without an MCU --- End quote --- You might be putting her at a disadvantage to those 7yr olds that have already completed their traffic light circuits because they chose to use an Arduino. In fact they probably now have four sets of lights and a full traffic junction coded by now. --- End quote --- You're assuming all the other 7 year olds will be using Arduinios. --- End quote --- Absolutely not. I'm assuming other 7yr olds will be watching Peppa Pig. I am hoping that this 7yo gets given a path of least resistance otherwise they will give up. Incidentally... I remember a long time ago doing Nuffield Physics at school... must have been around 14yo at the time maybe older and we built some traffic lights from some building blocks which were small square plugable grey boxes (presumably gates, multivibrators etc); at 14yo that was about do-able. Maybe young people are smarter nowadays? ;) (PS I was also wondering about suggesting Lego Mindstorms but I haven't used them so can't really comment... even that might be a stretch for a 7yo.) DISCLAIMER: I love Peppa Pig. Especially the parrot episode. :) |
| wraper:
--- Quote from: Hero999 on June 12, 2018, 09:54:50 am --- --- Quote from: wraper on June 12, 2018, 09:50:43 am --- --- Quote from: Hero999 on June 12, 2018, 09:17:34 am --- --- Quote ---Placing artificial limits is discouraging, there must be some sort of success to get encouragement. --- End quote --- It mimics real life. Quite often, it's not feasible to do something the easiest way. --- End quote --- Yeah, show the real life to 7yo :palm:. --- End quote --- That's what being a good parent is about FFS: preparing your children for real life! --- End quote --- :palm: The only thing it can do to the child at such young age is discourage and loose self confidence. --- Quote ---I designed my own circuits using switches, lamps and relays, long before I touched a keyboard and found it easier than coding. There are no commands to remember. --- End quote --- Don't forget the year you were born. What was the best available best back then does not mean it remains so today. |
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