SANTIAGO ECHEVERRY

ART430 | Physical Computing| Fall 2011| PRE-REQ: ART210, ART310 and ART311

Section LN | T - Tr | 7:00PM - 8:50PM | CAS 134

secheverry at ut.edu | CAS Annex 112 | 813 - 813 257 3769 | Office hours by appointment only
Week Description   Assignments
1 - INTRO
 Basic electronic components and equipment. Principles of electricity, vocabulary, safety measures.
Kip Kay
Solder tutorial
Alternative to Arduino: Eobody
 Setup a basic breadboard and light a few LEDs with a battery pack, sodder the cables.
arduino.cc
numato.com
FLORA
2 - OUT
 What is Physical Computing? Intro to Arduino and first
program . Analog vs. Digital. What is a Microcontroller? The Arduino environment
EX: LED Cube / LED Cube 3x3
Use LEDs to create a 2D or 3D work of
art. Use Arduino to control the LEDs
3 - OUT
 Sound out Sound output from Arduino
Transistors
Create an experimental Audio project
4 - OUT
 Analog output Getting a servo to work with Arduino's analog out

Use servos to make a simple animatronic
character or other sculpture
5 - OUT
High current loads and motors Use an HBridge and
Arduino to control a motor
EX: Nils Völker		 Use a motor to make a simple "art car" controlling DC Motors Use transistors to control a solenoid
stepper motors
6 - OUT
Midterm Workshop
Combine the Arduino, LEDs, servos and other
simple electronics to make an electronic art project
7 - OUT
MIDTERM  
8 - IN
Theories of interactivity: tracking changes with variables. TRANSDUCTION. Analog Input and Output Sensors
pranavmistry.com		 Create a mock-up control interface using potentiometers and foamcore or wood or legos
9 - IN
 Digital Input and Output: Serial Communication with Flash and AS3. Serial output from Arduino
Control a Movie Clip in Flash with your custom made interface - it must contain AT LEAST 2 variable generators
10 - IN
Serial Communication with Processing Make a simple "etch a sketch" style drawing program in Processing that is controlled with a custom physical
interface using various sensors
11 - IN
 Camera computing intro using Processing. Video tracking, video input.
Experiment with the video tracking possibilities and create a personal video tracking project
12 - WORKSHOP
 FINAL PROJECT WORKSHOP STARTS Final project proposals and brain storming Final: create an interactive, electronic
or computer based work of art
13 - WORKSHOP
  
 
14 - WORKSHOP
    
15 - WORKSHOP
  
16 - FINALS
 FINAL PROJECTS - EVERYONE MUST BE PRESENT
THURSDAY DEC 15th / 3.45 - 5.45 PM exams