Fall 2010 - Physical World / Computer Interaction

Instructor: Nuno Alves [website]
Class syllabus

Links
Fritzing [website] - Draw arduino circuit schematics.
Robotics Store in Providence [website] - You can purchase your Arduino here.
Sparkfun [website] - Pretty good online store with all sorts of electronic gizmos.
Jameco [website][discont center] - Electronics online store.
Electronic Goldmine [website] - Online store with excellent prices.
Circuit Cellar magazine [website] - Electronics Magazine
Elektor [website] - Electronics Magazine
Circuit Cellar magazine [website] - Electronics Magazine
Servo Magazine [website] - Electronics and Personal Robots Magazine
Nuts and Volts Magazine [website] - Another Electronics Magazine

Lecture #1

Lecture 01 Slides - Introduction to Micro-Controllers

Lecture example - magnetic card-reader [code]

Lecture example - testing analog pins [schematic][code]

Lecture #2

Lecture 02 Slides - Prototyping Circuits + Basic Electric Theory & Basic Arduino IO

ASCII table

Lecture code - lighting up random LEDs [code] - by Jeff Haan

Lecture #3

Lecture 03 Slides - PWM ("analog output on digital pins"), Switches and Relays

Lecture #4

Lecture 04 Slides - Potentiometers, RGB LEDs, Photocells, Resistive Sensors

Coin switch - [code] [schematic]

Lecture #5

Lecture 05 Slides - Introduction to Arduino C - part 1: Variables

Lecture #6

Lecture 06 Slides - Introduction to Arduino C - part 2: Conditional Statements and Functions

Lecture #7