Introduction to Physical Computing

Thursdays from 6:30 - 9:00 pm (Class Dates)
Instructor: Rory Nugent (rory.nugent -at- nyu.edu)

Office Hours

Mondays from 7-9pm
Please e-mail me to set an appointment.

Class Slides

http://www.prizepony.us/teaching/physcomp/fall10/

Helpful Books

Getting Started with Arduino
Make: Electronics
Physical Computing: Sensing and Controlling the Physical World with Computers

Links

Class Journals

Week 1: September 9th

• Operation board game (video)

Week 2: September 16th

• Andrew Schneider's BlinkCam
• Arduino.cc Reference

Week 3: September 23rd

• Water Analogy - a nice and clear water analogy by Sean Comeaux & Dustyn Roberts to describe the flow of electricity through a circuit. It introduces a few new components.
• Resistulator - a great widget or Apple iOS app for calculating resistor values.
• Resistor Calculator - a web-based resistor calculator.

Week 4: September 30th

Thresholds w/ a potentiometer and an array of LEDs

#define potPin 0
#define ledPin1 2
#define ledPin2 3
#define ledPin3 4
#define ledPin4 5
#define ledPin5 6

int potValue = 0;

void setup()
{
  pinMode(ledPin1, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(ledPin2, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(ledPin3, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(ledPin4, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(ledPin5, OUTPUT);
}

void loop()
{
  potValue = analogRead(potPin);

  if(potValue >= 0 && potValue < 204)
  {
    digitalWrite(ledPin1, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(ledPin2, LOW);
    digitalWrite(ledPin3, LOW);
    digitalWrite(ledPin4, LOW);
    digitalWrite(ledPin5, LOW);
  }
  else if(potValue >= 204 && potValue < 408)
  {
    digitalWrite(ledPin1, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(ledPin2, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(ledPin3, LOW);
    digitalWrite(ledPin4, LOW);
    digitalWrite(ledPin5, LOW);
  }
  else if(potValue >= 408 && potValue < 612)
  {
    digitalWrite(ledPin1, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(ledPin2, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(ledPin3, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(ledPin4, LOW);
    digitalWrite(ledPin5, LOW);
  }
  else if(potValue >= 612 && potValue < 816)
  {
    digitalWrite(ledPin1, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(ledPin2, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(ledPin3, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(ledPin4, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(ledPin5, LOW);
  }
  else
  {
    digitalWrite(ledPin1, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(ledPin2, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(ledPin3, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(ledPin4, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(ledPin5, HIGH);
  }
}

Week 5: October 7th

Media Controller Project

Group 1

• Felisia Tandiono
• Steve Klise
• Naliaka Wakhisi

Group 2

• Bobby Genalo
• Min Jung Kim
• Rhodes Edewor-Thorley

Group 3

• Meghan Hoke
• Erica Newman
• Michael Colombo

Group 4

• Becky Kazansky
• Rong Yong
• Catherine McCurry

Group 5

• Alex Kozovski
• Ara Cho
• Zach Schwartz

Group 6

• Diana Huang
• Ivana Basic

Week 6: October 14th

• ASCII Table

Week 7: October 21st

• Serial Example Code

Week 8: October 28th

• Solarbotics - a great source for small motors.
• Stepper Motor
• Ardumoto Motor Driver Shield
• EasyDriver Stepper Motor Driver

Week 9: November 4th

Final Project Groups

Group 1

• Steve Klise
• Bobby Genalo

Group 2

• Min Jung Kim
• Chien Yu Lin

Group 3

• Erica Newman
• Diana Huang

Group 4

• Zach Schwartz

Group 5

• Ara Cho
• Yoonjo Chin

Group 6

• Rong Yong
• Ge Yu

Group 7

• Becky
• Meghan

Group 8

• Naliaka
• Rhodes

Group 9

• Alex

Group 10

• Catherine

Group 11

• Felisia

Group 12

• Ivana