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Tonight… Writing Clear Documentation…

…it’s hard work.

Instructions are Hard

Are You Sure It’s Really Clear

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We have no trouble understanding these …

Precision

But Machines Need More Specific Instructions

Tires must be round, not kind of round.

Switches should work all the time.

Windows shouldn’t break.

Welds must be perfect. Every time.

How does all this work? Clear Instructions

For Example . . .

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Do you speak C, Java, PLC, Basic, HTML, XML?

Celse if (PWM_in5 != 0x7f)

{slide = 0;}else{slide = 127;} pwm01 = slide;PWM_in2 = (255 - PWM_in2);PWM_in3 = (255 - PWM_in3);

pwm01 = Limit_Mix(2000 + PWM_in2 + slide - 127);pwm02 = Limit_Mix(2000 + PWM_in2 - slide + 127);pwm03 = Limit_Mix(2000 - PWM_in3 + slide + 127);pwm04 = Limit_Mix(2000 - PWM_in3 - slide + 383);

pwm05 = PWM_in11; //Wheels on frountpwm06 = 255 - PWM_in9; //bar lifting arm (Rreversed)pwm07 = PWM_in8; //ball lifting arm

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Or How Do I Do this?

Writing Good Instructions is Hard Work

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Good Instructions Require Good Illustrations

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Good Instructions Requires Good Illustrations

Or How Do I Do this?

Good Instructions Requires Good Illustrations

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Good Instructions Requires Good Illustrations

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Create an Invention and Document It

First: You’ll get two bags of identical products

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Create an Invention and Document It

Next: You’ll get a set of blank instruction sheets

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Your Tools…

Your Brain!

A Pencil…

Creativity….

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Create an Invention and Document It

Next: Name Your Invention (or when you’re done)

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Create an Invention and Document It

Next: Build your project and write out the steps. Make drawings where needed.

Put a red brick on a blue brick and turn it over…

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Build for 30-40 minutes.After you’ve built your machine we will take your model and hide it.

You will then trade with another group.

That group will then try to build your model from your instructions.

We will then unveil the original models and compare them to what you’ve built.

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Did you build

This?

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Did you build

Or This?