Students showcase microcontroller learning outcomes at Peradeniya uni Maker Faire 2024
View(s):Maker Faire 2024 of the Department of Statistics and Computer Science, Faculty of Science, was held recently at the University of Peradeniya. Vice Chancellor Prof Terrence Madhujith and Deputy VC Prof Ranjith Pallegama attended.
Maker Faire is a student-organised event patronised by computer architecture course instructors, Isuru Madugalla and Dr Erunika Dayaratna, the University said.
The course was introduced with the latest curriculum revision, effective 2023. This exhibition is a continuation of an initiative by Prabhath Gunathilake, who was the instructor of CS 206, computer device interfacing, which was absorbed into the course during the latest curriculum revision, broadening the microcontroller-based learning towards embedded computing and edge-AI applications.
Students showcased their learning outcomes of microcontroller (Arduino, Raspberry pi, etc) based implementations exploring the internet of everything (IoE) concepts.
This module was expected to promote students’ learning skills, such as collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, and communication.
Interpersonal and social skills were also encouraged by boosting their leadership, flexibility, initiative, productivity, problem-solving, digital literacy, ethics, etc.
“This can be considered a comprehensive assessment mode when it comes to self-directed, self-motivated learning and showcasing their literacy in multiple modes like building and presenting to an audience,” the University said.
This year, 18 student groups from the Computer Science 2nd year batch demonstrated their exhibits, ranging from medical drones, robotic arms, and CPR and AED training kits to smart greenhouses and smart blind sticks.
They were based on various applications like medicine, agriculture, engineering, etc.
The main goal of this course is to use their 1,000 and 2,000 levels learnings in applied and engineering use cases. This is expected to make them realise the possible smart IoE implementations with commercially available microcontrollers, sensors and communication modules.
This will enhance their perspective on possible tangible outcomes of science rather than focusing only on the theoretical sciences. Continuing this learning, they are expected to utilise the knowledge and insights gained by this activity during the 3,000 level software development projects and in the final year research. The department believes this will encourage students to find practical smart solutions for real scenarios and problems.
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