Category: IPC

Our idea so far is to create some sort of device that goes on your hand to control some type of interaction (digital or physical). Sketch of device: Components: Continue reading Final Project Idea

This week we combined Arduino with P5 JS to reflect changes happening on the breadboard visually onto the screen. After setting up the breadboard with a potentiometer and uploading the Arduino script all that was left was work in P5. I had to keep in mind that only one serial port can work at one … Continue reading Week 7 Lab: P5 WebSerial

This week’s labs involved a higher level of risk in that it requires an external power source to power the motors instead of just the usual USB cable. So just setting up the lab took longer than normal because we had to purchase our own batteries in order to plug into the power jack. The … Continue reading Week 5 Lab

For our midterm I looked at a lot of past projects to get inspiration and I found that the ones that involved some sort of game interactions interested me the most. Particularly, this game by Funzo Cheng really caught my attention. I really liked using the LEDs as a countdown timer and I knew I … Continue reading Project 1 Ideation

This week’s lab involved programming Arduino to take analog inputs and generate different analog outputs. The first lab focused on using the speaker as the output and using the force sensor resistors to change the frequency of the tones played. And by adding a transistor you can make the volume of the speaker louder. By … Continue reading Week 3 Lab

This week’s labs were significantly easier to get myself into and fully understand the lesson. Although a large portion of the Arduino coding I don’t fully understand yet, I feel like I retained most of the other information presented. The first lab involved creating a digital input switch much like the lab last week except … Continue reading Lab 2: Digital Input & Output, Analog Input, Sensor Change Detection

The three switches in parallel and series exercise was a good segue into the switch assignment. The three switches in series provides the structure for a simple idea such as a series of tasks that one needs to complete in order for something to open/happen. I can imagine this mechanic being used in a variety … Continue reading Lab: Switches

Building off of the previous lab, the process for this one was much easier to get into. I used the multimeter for the first time, measuring both the resistance of a resistor and the voltage an LED. It was interesting to notice that when the two LEDs were placed in series, hitting the switch only … Continue reading Lab: Electronics

Although off to quite a slow start, I eventually understood the basic mechanics behind the breadboard and the microcontrollers and was able to enjoy the learning process! First and foremost, I have to complain about the lab page since I found the instructions very confusing and unnecessarily verbose. It took me the better first half … Continue reading Lab: Setting up breadboard