How a Computer Really, Really Works
This is an 10 - 14 hour program that explains how today’s computers work at the most fundamental level. It supplements Middle and High School standards for Electricity and Energy as prescribed in the South Carolina Curriculum standards. Levels of instruction can be adapted to the Middle– or High school levels. Concepts and skills include:
- Glossary of terms
- Introduction to basic electrical concepts such as voltage, current, resistance, and Ohm’s Law,
- How simple logic gates can be used to add numbers
- Introduction to the Binary numbering system and why it is used in electronic computing
- Using a multimeter
- Reading electrical diagrams
- Learning about electronic components
- Introduction to binary code
- Creating a basic circuit
- Logic gate circuits
- Simple logic gate analysis
- High school circuit analysis
- Role play 1 bit half adder
- Create a 1 bit half adder
- Build an 8 bit full adder
