Reguba Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Well, it just so happens that my school district, one of the largest in Michigan does not have a computer science club. So I have took it upon myself to create one before the end of the school year. It's turning out to be pretty tricky (not that I didn't expect it to) and I'm a bit alone in the clubs creation at the moment… I had one friend who said he would be help but has failed as of right now. Anyways, I come to you guys in hopes of getting some ideas as to what my club could do. Because finding something to do for a club that is just starting is quite tricky to be honest. If you have any ideas or are actually in a computer science club and have some tips for me, all would be greatly appreciated! :cheesy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 I am going to school for Computer Science, a cool project you guys could do is create your own PC. I have been wanting to take on this project for some time. A basic registry that registers 8 bits of binary.That would cover a whole hell of a lot of Computer Science. You can add me on MSN for some schematic ideas ive had for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reguba Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 As much as I would love to do that… I have to take into consideration that some people joining the club may have no back ground in comp sci right off the bat. So one idea I had for a starter project would be either have everyone work together and put up a site for the club or perhaps start with a drive like project and see if we can get people to donate old parts and put together a few of our own machines.None the less I would love to make my own computer the way you mentioned. But to be honest that's probably even over my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homicidal Monkey Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 @Reguba:> As much as I would love to do that… I have to take into consideration that some people joining the club may have no back ground in comp sci right off the **.bat**. So one idea I had for a starter project would be either have everyone work together and put up a site for the club or perhaps start with a drive like project and see if we can get people to donate old parts and put together a few of our own machines.> > None the less I would love to make my own computer the way you mentioned. But to be honest that's probably even over my head.fixed. You gotta be more straight-forward with your puns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 yeah, you guys could make some cut aways of computer parts. I have a hard drive here where I replaced the top metal casing with a piece of plexiglass so you can see the platters spin and etc. However, gotta be careful cause 1 spec of dust can more than destroy a hard drive.Fun Computer Science fact, a hard drive head is less than the width of a human hair from the platter itself! Its wild. And lol at HM.You could also mess around with creating some visualizations of binary on the hardware level. Wire up some small little circuits to LED's to demonstrate how logic works in a computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reguba Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Haha, Monkey boy I'm not sure if that made my day or pissed me off!Oh I like the LED idea you had but I'm not 100% sure how I would go about doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godlord Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 How to get people?Tell them you know Stephan van Schaik (me) personally.What to do?Get some circuit plates, transistors, etc. and try to build your own simplistic processor (for mathematical goals). For the money you save up you can get some more insight books about electronics. Besides the Intel and AMD manuals are free. Okay Crank's idea is simpler, but my involves maths (+ people; + complexity; + fun).Regards, Xenonyte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adulese Games Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 I have a similar club at my school … the Business Professionals of America. We actually just won at our State Convention and we're headed to Dallas for the nationals in May.- Adulese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reguba Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Haha, Xeno as interesting as your ideas may sound I have to keep in mind that a good chunk of people coming into the club would not have a clue what a single word you just said meant. Hell, I know what you meant but I probably couldn't do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godlord Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 > I have to keep in mind that a good chunk of people coming into the club would not have a clue what a single word you just said meant.Lesson 1: what are cables?Lesson 2: what are transistors?Lesson 3: what's the difference between PNP and NPN?Lesson 4: what's a LED and how does it work?Lesson 5: what's a reductor?Lesson 6: what's electricity?Lesson 7: what's Volt, Watt, Joule, Ampere?Lesson 8: how to implement the ADD-instruction?Lesson 9: how to implement the SUB-instruction?Lesson 10: getting printplates work.Lesson 11: extending our machine language/Assembly language…Lesson 20: transfering programs from our computer to our machine....Lesson 79: implementing power managing.Lesson 80: implementing multiple cores.Lesson 81: connecting a monitor.Lesson 82: interacting with VGA.Lesson 83: displaying porn.Lesson 84: reading a hard disk.Lesson 85: making a porn browser.etc.Regards, Xenonyte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Reguba, you could just simply wire two AA's through a 1k resistor to a LED to demonstrate a 1\. Then disconnect the ground to show 0\. Then you could step it up a bit by having many wired through switches. You could even get into digital logic chips and cover boolean algebrea. Those are basic courses you learn about in Computer Science.If your really interested in the idea, let me know and ill draw up schematics and procedure sheets for you. It should be fairly cheap too. Also hands on projects like that is a good way to attract members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godlord Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 When I was a kid I use to connect a cable with a light bulb and a switch and the end of the cables to a battery. I liked the light it made XD.Regards, Xenonyte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Lmao, you were able to power it using DC? o.o I never tried it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godlord Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 @Crank:> Lmao, you were able to power it using DC? o.o I never tried it.That would be too epic, I just made a circuit. But I want to sleep so I write less accurately.Regards, Xenonyte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Heh, yeah that would be pwn. I hate AC, fuck tesller! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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