Interactive learning on simple infra-red transceiver

• Main Author: Chee, Danielle Yan Kei
• Other Authors: Boon Chirn Chye
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/167091
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This final year project focuses on developing an interactive medium for students to learn about the workings of an infra-red transceiver system. This project is made of two main parts, which would be a hardware segment and a software segment. The hardware segment involves an infra-red remote that transmits a modulated message signal and a receiver system that senses infra-red light and demodulates the incoming signal. The transmitting circuit also composes of buttons that the user can press to send unique messages to the receiver circuit, so as to control what they can see on the software segment. These two circuits are shown as an example of infra-red communication. This is to allow more hands-on interactivity on the user's end to allow them to learn at their own pace, at their own time, with as many repetitions as possible. The software segment involves the use of the GameMaker engine. The inputs from the user that are received from the receiver circuit is transmitted as keyboard controls through the use of a Python script. This allows the students to control their player character within the game while learning on the mechanisms of infra-red transceiver communication. The use of games is to also provide a familiar medium for the students and make online learning a more satisfying and fun experience.