Title: Use engineering design to solve an identified problem using an electronically controlled device.
Course: Technology Foundations (21003-36) > Section: Controlling an Electronic System

Use may include

- identifying methods of control by computer (e.g., programming) or electronics (e.g., circuits)
- organizing the process for solving the problem
- creating a diagram or schematic
- refining the diagram or schematic into a working drawing, using computer-design software
- choosing materials for the design
- using applicable science and mathematics to analyze the design
- creating a bill of materials
- creating a model.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the difference between a computer-controlled system and an electronically controlled system?
- What are examples of products that are electronically controlled but not computer controlled?
- What would be some considerations for selecting the most practical method of computer (or electronic) control?
- What scientific and mathematical principles are used to analyze the design?
- What electronics/computer knowledge is likely necessary to arrive at the solution to the problem?