Arduino In Proteus Online Workshop
September 7, 2021 at 2:30 PM - September 12, 2021 at 2:30 PM @ Online event
Description
The IEEE Women In Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group of SLTC introduces InspiHER{Tech} V1.0 for all island-wide female undergraduates to provide a platform for the rising of exemplary women professionals with strong leadership skills who can work together as a team and show their talents in the Science & technology sector. The InspiHER{Tech} V1.0 hopefully inspired 204 female undergraduates representing 21 universities as 68 teams of 3 members each in Sri Lanka by stimulating them to adapt to the high-speed development in the science & technology field by encouraging them to strive forward towards their success & professional growth with a competition of 3 stages which will be very supportive for them to showcase their talents to the whole community. This will boost the self-esteem as well as employment expectations of female undergraduates in Sri Lanka. The whole competition is conducted virtually with 3 rounds namely: Round 01 - InspiHER{CircuitriX}: A Circuit Designing project competition. Round 2 - InspiHER{MindFest}: A Technical Quiz . Round 3 - InspiHER{CodeWars}: A Coding Competition Exposing and stimulating female undergraduates to adapt to the high-speed development in the science and technology field is a necessity nowadays. InspiHER{Tech} V1.0, was organized with that aspiration to inspire female undergraduates to strive toward success in their STEM career paths. InspiHER{Tech} V1.0 was organized in a manner such that 3 rounds that evaluate and inspire female undergraduates glancing over every path of the technology field such as electronics side with a circuit designing project competition as the 1st round, a technical quiz where the technical knowledge, IQ and general knowledge of female undergraduate are evaluated as the 2nd round and algorithmic coding skills of female undergraduates are evaluated with the 3rd round. Likewise, nothing but the most talented female undergraduates composed of multi-talents are raised and other female undergraduates are motivated to rise up by developing their skills, minimizing their weaknesses for a future community of multi-talented female professionals. Prior to the first round of the competition, a workshop was organized for our contestants as well as for all island-wide undergraduates despite gender to learn about Proteus simulation software which has become the trend in simulation. Arduino in Proteus workshop able to gain an industrial value by the resource person, Mr Rangika Mark Ransinghe who is a design engineer at Zone 24x7. He has been working as a visiting lecturer at Vocational Training Authority since 2021. He pursued his degree in BTech Mechatronics from the Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka. Currently, he is pursuing his MBA at the Postgraduate Institute of Management. He has been a crew member of Google I/O since 2017. With his immense knowledge about circuit designing and Proteus simulation software, he was able to conduct the workshop in a systematic way delivering the best content for the participants. The webinar was proceeded by discussing the following topics. An introduction of Arduino and the Proteus software. How to add components to Proteus and connecting wires? How to add new libraries to Proteus? How to write simple Arduino code for LCD display and keypad? How to add and run Arduino program through the Proteus software? The areas that we should focus on for advancement and industrial use. He was very interactive with the audience even though this happened virtually. He gave an immense knowledge to the participants about Proteus simulation software while interacting and asking questions from the audience. This workshop was an immense opportunity for undergraduates who are in search of Proteus Software due to their academic necessities to expand their knowledge and also it was beneficial for all the competitors of InspiHER{Tech} V1.0 competition as it is required a simulation software in circuit designing for the first round, InspiHER{CircuitriX}. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the closure of colleges and other institutions across the world. As a result, education has undergone significant change, with the prominent advent of e-learning, in which teaching is delivered remotely and via digital platforms. In the aftermath of the outbreak, the phrase "new normal" has become one of the most commonly used idioms. The increased use of online learning tools has become the new standard in education. Digital learning has now emerged as a critical resource for students and educational institutions all around the world. Many educational institutions have had to adjust to a completely new mode of instruction. In an online class, there are few physical interactions between students and lecturers. They are unable to create physical circuits and discussions. Students typically experience feelings of isolation as a result of this. Communication between students, classmates and lecturers is very important in this situation. Therefore, they discourage doing these things on online platforms. In a situation like this, we aimed push undergraduates to study Proteus software. Despite the epidemic, we promote online simulation software. That was one of our objectives. Specially Arduino in the Proteus workshop was a great help for all island undergraduates and technology enthusiasts who are interested to learn about simulation programs via Proteus software but didn’t have to way to learn it. Also with this workshop, we were able to encourage all-island undergraduates to do simulation programs via Proteus Software even they don’t follow the fields relate to engineering or technology. This workshop was hosted on multiple platforms and reached a significant number of participants as well. Platform Participation Count Zoom 350 Facebook 108
Agenda
Agenda : Arduino In Proteus Online Workshop Description Time Done by Introduction speech and welcoming the speaker. 6.00 PM - 6.10 PM Webinar 6.10 PM - 7.30 PM Mr. Rangika Ranasinghe (Speaker) Q & A session 7.30 PM - 7.45 PM Thank you speech and ending the workshop. 7.45 PM - 8.00 PM