Category Archives: Labs : Intro to Physical Computing

Image of pressure sensor, switch, connected to breadboard

Potentiometer, pressure sensor, switch…

Introduction to Physical Computing Professor Dan O’Sullivan This video documents my successful completion of the second serial lab, multiple sensor output. ~CMW Physical Computing ~ Multiple Serial Output “In the first serial lab, you sent data from one sensor to a personal computer. In this … Read More

Image of a potentiometer connected to an Arduino microcontroller via breadboard

Visualizing sensor output…

Introduction to Physical Computing Professor Dan O’Sullivan This video documents my successful completion of the first serial lab. At the end of the lab I was able to view the sensor output of a potentiometer on screen by connecting Arduino to Processing. ~CMW Physical Computing … Read More

image of three lit up LEDs wired in parallel

A multitude of LEDs…

Introduction to Physical Computing Professor Dan O’Sullivan Physical Computing ~ Electrics For my third PComp lab (Electrics) I wired LEDs first in series, then in parallel, then alone, varying the voltage flowing into the LED by increasing and decreasing the flow using a potentiometer. I … Read More

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Analog input, sensor control

Introduction to Physical Computing Professor Dan O’Sullivan This video documents my successful completion of the second PComp lab. At the end of the lab I was able to make two LEDs brighten and dim by pressing two independent sensors. ~CMW Physical Computing ~ Lab Two … Read More

Arduino and Breadboard

Oh, you beautiful blinking red and green LEDs…

Introduction to Physical Computing Professor Dan O’Sullivan This video documents my struggle to make two LEDs blink when activated by a switch. It’s harder than it looks… ~CMW Physical Computing ~ Lab One “In this lab, you’ll connect a digital input circuit and a digital … Read More