Learn fundamentals of Python programming with state-of-the-art hardware

Module 1: Build from the fundamentals; Set up your Python environment, choose the   IDE, and learn the basics of printing.

• Interpreters and Compilers
• Setting up Environment Path
• Modes of programming
• Python IDEs
• Print function- your first program with end and sep
• Escape characters
• Python Character set
• Indentation
• Writing Comments

Module 2: Getting familiar: Understanding the Terminologies. Case studies to compare the data types.

• Python tokens
• Variables; Rules for naming, and multiple assignments
• Expressions
• Operators; types and precedence
• Taking user inputs with the “int” function
• Numeric datatypes
• Boolean
• Sequence datatypes
• Data type conversions
• Practice problem-solving with operators and inputs

Module 3: Decision-making and Loops in Python; Learning conditional statements and loops!

• Python if, if-else, else-if, nested-if
• Python Loops (for, and while)
• Patterns using nested loops.
• Floy’s triangle
• Fibonacci series
• Palindrome check
• Python break, continue and pass statements.
• Assessment

Module 4: Using string data type and built-in functions.

• Strings; Definition and properties
• Indexing, traversing, and manipulations
• Slicing operation
• Operators with Strings
• Immutability property
• Built-in functions
• String to list conversions
• Word guessing game.
• Project- password validity check

Module 5: Sequence data types; List, Tuples, Set, and Dictionaries

• Lists; Creating lists, properties, indexing, slicing, and accessing the elements.
• List operations and built-in functions
• List to string conversion
• Nested lists
• List comprehensions
• Menu-driven database with CRUD options
• Tuples; creating, properties.
• Built-in functions in tuples
• Defining Sets, properties, advanced operations
• Lottery project using Sets operations.
• Creating a dictionary, built-in functions
• Creating a nested dictionary to make an employee database.
• Pretty printing with json
• Learn to update your movie dictionary.
• Case study to compare the data types.

Module 6: Built-in modules; Importing modules

• Understanding the concept of modules and how to import them.
• Using Multiple Modules
• Number guessing game using Random module
• Dice game, and password cracking
• Math module for basic mathematical operations
• Alarm using DateTime and playsound
• Calendar module
• Project-Scrabble game with nltk

Module 7: Functions; Organize your code using functions.

• User-defined and built-in functions.
• Function definition and call
• Function Arguments
• Types of user-defined functions
• Returning multiple values
• Scope and lifetime of Variables
• Passing sequence datatypes to a function
• Lambda, map, reduce, and filter functions.
• Import user-defined functions.
• Rock, paper, scissor game

Module 8: File Handling; Data storage

• Accessing text files; basic read and write methods using various modes.
• Reading binary images and reconstructing them
• Bin files using encode and decode functions.
• Create a quiz project using file access methods.
• Renaming files using the OS module
• Create a soccer project by modifying and deleting files.

Module 9: Introduction to Micro Python; Effective communication with microcontrollers

• Understanding microcontrollers
• REPL mode
• Color simulation effects with RGB LED in mpython
• Understand OLED modes and methods.
• Drawing polygons and emojis on OLED
• Displaying bmp format images on OLED
• Make your text scroll!
• Text wrapping with OLED
• Play your favorite tune with the “mpython buzzer”!
• “Silence please” with “sound sensor”
• Simulate the piano effect with a touchpad
• Protect your mpython board with touchpad generated passcode.
• Understand interrupts and ISR
• Horizontal ball game with accelerometer

Module 10: Integrating Cruiser hardware (“Weeebot”) with “mpython board”

• Firmware installation
• Light up the WeeeBot RGB LEDs using buttons
• Distance measurement using ultrasonic sensor and display on OLED.
• Displaying border pixels of OLED
• Understanding bitmaps making scrolling displays
• Black vs White with line following sensors
• Autonomous car
• Line following Robot
• Cliff detection
• Obstacle avoidance with ultra-sonic sensor
• Project

Projects and Assessments: Test your skills.