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| Instructor | Prof. Jeff Thompson (please call me Jeff) |
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| [email protected] | |
| Meeting times | Tuesdays, 9am–12.50pm, Morton 203 |
| Student hours | Tuesdays, 2–3pm (Morton 208) and by appointment (Zoom) |
This semester, we will explore how electronics, code, sculpture, and digital fabrication can bring input from the physical world into your computer (buttons, knobs, sensors) and let your computer interact back (LEDs, motors, speakers). We'll program microcontrollers using CircuitPython, as well as cover basic CAD for laser-cutting, and design and solder electronic circuits.
Along the way, we’ll look at historical and experimental interfaces used to connect people with computers, build speculative and exploratory projects that connect with your own interests, and work to refine those projects from rough prototype to finished, documented work.
See the syllabus for course format, policies, grading, etc.
For a list of required materials, including URLs to where you can buy them, see the parts list.
Please note, you'll need some materials for the second week of class, so order them right away, please! All other parts will be needed by mid-February.
Please note this is subject to change – be sure to check Canvas, this page, and your email regularly.
- Jan 18: Hello, getting supplies
- Jan 25: LEDs
- Feb 1: Buttons 1
- Feb 8: Buttons 2
- All parts needed by next week!
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- All parts needed by next week!
- Feb 15: Analog sensors 1
- Feb 22: Monday schedule, no class!
- Mar 1: Analog sensors 2
- Mar 8: Analog sensors 3
- Mar 15: Spring break, no class!
- Mar 22:
Sound (and/or) Videotake a week off! - Mar 29: Motors 1, visit Bitforms gallery
- Apr 5: Motors 2
- Apr 12: Motors 3
- Apr 19: Motors 4 / Final project 1
- Apr 26: Final project 2
- May 3: Final project 3
- Exam period (May 12, 9.30–11am): Final critique