24  Resources

24.1 Equipment

24.1.1 Equipment Pickup Form

  1. Please fill out this form every time you receive a new sensor or equipment. You will need to provide your 9-digit ID number and indicate which sensor(s) you have received.
  2. Make sure your name and phone number are written on the box containing the equipment.
  3. By filling out this form, you agree to receive the item(s) and are obligated to return them at the end of the course.
  4. If you’re not sure, click here to check which equipment you borrowed from the course.
24.1.1.0.1 Do you want to order equipment for yourself?

Click for a list of the main components used in this course.

24.2 Github

Make an account on Github. Create a repository called “agrotech” or whatever you else want to call it. You can upload to this repository your code, data, diagrams, pictures, markdown, etc. In the end of the semester you will upload your project report as a Jupyter Notebook file.

From now on, your main Github page can be your “geek face” on the internet. Make a clean and simple readme.md, telling the world who you are and what you do.

24.3 Jupyter Notebook

The easiest way to install Python (+ Jupyter Notebook, Spyder, PyCharm, JupyterLab, etc) on any OS is to download Anaconda. Jupyter Notebook is a versatile environment that allows you to write code and documentation in one single file, taking advantage of Markdown. Click for a short and a long markdown cheat sheet.

24.4 Fritzing

Fritzing is a nice software that lets you easily draw your own circuits and diagrams.