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CEC Semester Twenty Four 2023

Understanding Sensors and Data Analysis Using the Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense

Dr. Don Wilcher -
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alabama - Birmingham
December 11,
2023
Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense Overview
In this first-day session, Design News CEC participants will become familiar with the Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense. The Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense development board will be discussed. To identify features, Bluetooth 5 protocol, analog, and digital peripherals will be presented. Hands-on activities such as establishing communication setup and testing basic I/O ports will be explained in this session.
Course Resources
Course Resource (PDF)
Webinar
Special Educational Materials
How Automation, Machine Learning, and Blockchain are Driving the Future of Electronics Manufacturing - Article
Get Materials
How to Build an Air Quality Meter for Your Home or Office - Part 1 – maker.io
Use A Current Sensor to Efficiently Acquire Data for Predictive Maintenance with AI – Article
December 12,
2023
Setting Up an Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense Development Environment
Day 2 of this webinar series will focus on setting up a development environment on an Arduino IDE. Design News CEC participants will learn about various libraries and their use with the Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense. Hands-on activities include accessing digital and analog I/O ports using electronic components.
Course Resources
Course Resource (PDF)
Webinar
Special Educational Materials
How Automation, Machine Learning, and Blockchain are Driving the Future of Electronics Manufacturing - Article
Get Materials
How to Build an Air Quality Meter for Your Home or Office - Part 1 – maker.io
Use A Current Sensor to Efficiently Acquire Data for Predictive Maintenance with AI – Article
December 13,
2023
Sensor Programming
Design News CEC participants will explore the onboard Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense sensors using software programming techniques. As discussed in Day 1, the Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense has various onboard sensors. This session will discuss methods to use these sensors through sensor programming approaches.
Course Resources
Course Resource (PDF)
Webinar
Special Educational Materials
How Automation, Machine Learning, and Blockchain are Driving the Future of Electronics Manufacturing - Article
Get Materials
How to Build an Air Quality Meter for Your Home or Office - Part 1 – maker.io
Use A Current Sensor to Efficiently Acquire Data for Predictive Maintenance with AI – Article
December 14,
2023
Introduction to Arduino Science Journal
The Arduino Science Journal is a mobile app platform that allows any smartphone to be transformed into a portable science data acquisition lab. In this session, an overview of the Arduino Science Journal will be investigated through several hands-on activities. CEC participants will learn to set and collect various sensor data from the onboard Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense board.
Course Resources
Course Resource (PDF)
Webinar
Special Educational Materials
How Automation, Machine Learning, and Blockchain are Driving the Future of Electronics Manufacturing - Article
Get Materials
How to Build an Air Quality Meter for Your Home or Office - Part 1 – maker.io
Use A Current Sensor to Efficiently Acquire Data for Predictive Maintenance with AI – Article
December 15,
2023
Building Data Analysis Using Looker Studio and the Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense
In this final webinar series session, CEC participants will learn to use Looker Studio to produce interactive reports for data analysis. The Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense onboard sensor data collected will be turned into visually appealing interactive reports for analysis. Approaches to widget setup and use with the interactive report for analysis engagement will be discussed and explored in this last-day session.
Course Resources
Course Resource (PDF)
Webinar
Special Educational Materials
How Automation, Machine Learning, and Blockchain are Driving the Future of Electronics Manufacturing - Article
Get Materials
How to Build an Air Quality Meter for Your Home or Office - Part 1 – maker.io
Use A Current Sensor to Efficiently Acquire Data for Predictive Maintenance with AI – Article
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Instructor
Dr. Don Wilcher
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alabama - Birmingham

Dr. Don Wilcher, an Electrical Engineer, is an Associate Certified Electronics Technician (CETa), a Technical Education Researcher, Instructor, Maker, Emerging Technology Lecturer, Electronics Project writer, and Book Author. His Learn Electronics with Arduino book, published by Apress, has been cited 80 times in academic journals and referenced on patents.

He is the Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alabama - Birmingham. His research interest is Embedded Controls, Robotics Education, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence applications and their impact on Personalized Learning, Competency-Based Models curriculum, and instructional development in Mechatronics, Automation, IoT, Electronics, Robotics, and Industrial Maintenance Technologies. He is also the Founder and owner of MaDon Research LLC, an instructional technology consulting, technical training, and electronics project writing company serving Electronics Marketing Media, Technical and Engineering Education companies.