Week 2 Reflection
This week, we worked on Lab 2, where we programmed a 2-digit 7-segment display using multiplexing techniques.
I honestly thought this week’s lab went way smoother for me. I am surprised honestly that I felt more confident for this lab and could feel my debugging and thinking skills improved from even just a week ago. I know that this will come crashing down next week during Lab 3, but it felt good to feel like I learned something and developed my skills already in such a short time.
I definitely implemented my learnings from last week which probably helped me feel better about this lab. I coordinated times with people to go in several days before the lab was due, and I sat down and thought through the entire lab and scribbled out notes before even touching hardware or software. This initial process was super helpful for me, and I think will be super helpful to do the same going into the next lab.
I am a little nervous going into next week becuase I have a busy weekend with tennis, clinic, and other things going on. I worry I won’t be able to get ahead on this lab like I had hoped, but we will see how it goes! I have been enjoying the routine of going into the lab in the evenings and find myself getting lost in the work and losing track of time. Honeslty, I can’t ask for much more - I’m enjoying the class and the learning process, and that’s what counts.