Standards - Career & Technical Education

Explain Kirchhoff’s law for current and voltage.

Demonstrate and practice general safety procedures in the workplace while accessing telecom ports and all electronic devices.

Demonstrate and practice safety procedures in homes and businesses to safeguard customers.

Explain proper electrostatic discharge (ESD) safety procedures.

Demonstrate special safety procedures required for outside equipment.

Incorporate safety procedures in handling, operating, and maintaining tools and machinery; handling materials; utilizing personal protective equipment; maintaining a safe work area; and handling hazardous materials and forces..

Demonstrate effective workplace and employability skills, including communication, awareness of diversity, positive work ethic, problem-solving, time management, and teamwork.

Explore the range of careers available in the field and investigate their educational requirements, and demonstrate job-seeking skills including resume-writing and interviewing.

Advocate and practice safe, legal, responsible, and ethical use of information and technology tools specific to the industry pathway.

Participate in a Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) to increase knowledge and skills and to enhance leadership and teamwork.

Apply Arduino microcontroller control concepts to robotics applications using electronic sensors, transistor relays, and small DC motor control circuits.

Construct a basic Arduino LED control circuit.

Construct a basic Arduino sensor circuit.

Construct a basic Arduino transistor relay control circuit.

Construct a basic small DC motor control circuit using an Arduino.

Identify basic electronic components of a typical embedded microcontroller platform.

Draw basic embedded Arduino microcontroller circuits by hand, including LED, sensor, and transistor relay circuits.

Draw a basic embedded Arduino microcontroller control circuit block diagram by hand.

Construct a basic logic control software application using C programming language.

Construct a basic flowchart for a robotics application using C programming language.

Gather and share information on a basic embedded Arduino microcontroller control circuit block diagram for a robotics application.

Create and plan a basic embedded Arduino microcontroller control circuit block diagram.

Incorporate safety procedures in handling, operating, and maintaining tools and machinery; handling materials; utilizing personal protective equipment; maintaining a safe work area; and handling hazardous materials and forces..

Demonstrate effective workplace and employability skills, including communication, awareness of diversity, positive work ethic, problem-solving, time management, and teamwork.

Explore the range of careers available in the field and investigate their educational requirements, and demonstrate job-seeking skills including resume-writing and interviewing.

Advocate and practice safe, legal, responsible, and ethical use of information and technology tools specific to the industry pathway.

Participate in a Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) to increase knowledge and skills and to enhance leadership and teamwork.

Adhere to safety rules for electronic power and control systems.

Outline elements of a lockout/tagout (LOTO) program, describe the LOTO process, and test to ensure a zero energy state.

Describe safety procedures for disconnecting or connecting electronic components.

Summarize the NFPA 70E arc flash guidelines and explain their importance.

Connect and test a DC power supply.

Explain the operation of PN junction diodes, LEDs, Zener diodes, and voltage regulators.

Describe the operation of half wave and full wave rectifiers.

Measure output from a DC power supply to determine noise or quality of filtering.