Material Covered This Week
- Review of digital and analog input and output
- Discuss how to read data sheets
In-Class Activity
In this class we’ll review what we’ve discussed in the first four weeks, and answer questions on any of the material covered so far. We’ll also call on any students who haven’t yet demonstrated a simple project from the early labs to show some of their work.
Assignments for next class
- Review and of the labs that gave you trouble in the past, and do them again to reinforce the concepts in your mind.
- Review the material to be covered next week, and come to next class with questions:
- Asynchronous Serial Communication: The Basics
- Interpreting Serial Data
- Related Videos. These cover the same material as the notes above:
- Introduction to Serial Communication
- Serial Communication Under the Hood
- Reading Serial input on an Arduino
- Devices and Bytes: ASCII vs Binary
- Serial Output from Arduino to p5.js
- Serial Communication in Processing
- Managing Serial Handshaking
- Reading Strings in Processing
- Reading Multiple Values from a Serial String
- The following videos aren’t directly related to next week’s material, but they offer many helpful tips on making projects. Now that you’ve got some of the basics of circuits and code down, you may find these useful for figuring out how to build projects.
- Video: Tom on Tidy Prototyping
- Video: Jeff on Generic Tactile Interfaces
- Video: Matt Richardson on Prototyping Tips
- Video: Benedetta on Ready-Made Enclosures
- Video: Ben Light on Fast DIY Enclosures
- Video: Tom on Boxes
- Video: Tom on Wire Wrapping
- Video: Luisa Pereira on User Interfaces and Handling Complex Wiring
- Video: Dongsoo on Lego
Readings for next class
The following readings set the tone conceptually for what’s coming next:
- Buxton, Sketching User Experiences: The Workbook. Here is the NYU E-Book Link
- Read the summary of Sketching User Experiences, then browse the book for useful prototyping and testing methods. Here is the NYU E-Book Link
- Igoe, Making Interactive Art: Set the Stage, Then Shut Up and Listen
- Example: Happy Feedback Machine