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PComp, Wk 4: Simple Application – Drawing Machine
INTRO As I mentioned in my lab blog post, I was really intrigued by the possibilities of controlling an object’s motion. When I saw the arms of the servo motor rotate, I started thinking about using it to create a kind of drawing machine. … Continue reading
Pcomp, Wk 3: Application – Heart Rate Monitor
This week, we finally got to try some basic codes and put our arduino into action! Taking the basic circuits we learned last week, we learned how to have the arduino take input through digital and analog means and then … Continue reading
Pcomp, Wk 3: Blog Post – Interactive Technologies
I think…I think I’m still figuring out exactly what interactive technology is. Like Crawford says, it can exist along a spectrum. You initiate an action, an object responds, etc. So what, exactly, could qualify for this assignment? Honestly, the first … Continue reading
Pcomp, Wk 2: Questions for Next Class
Says that sensors attach to metal pins of a micro-controller, but with arduino we attach sensors to the breadboard – correct? Wait, so what I thought was a microcontroller is a development board and they’re not the same? Re: “You … Continue reading
PComp, Wk 2: Practical Application – Switch
I was really stuck on what to make with a switch. I consider myself an ideas gal but maybe there’s something intimidating that I find about all this or the ideas I did have seemed to silly or impractical or … Continue reading
PComp, Wk 2: Labs – Electricity and Switches
LABS 1. Electricity So at first I just wasn’t putting things in the right place. Kinda funny looking back on how I had the circuit set up. I was working with KC and Katie helped us with the part where … Continue reading
PComp, Wk1: What is Interaction?
Prompt: After this class’ discussion and exercise, and reading Chris Crawford’s definition and Bret Victor’s rant, how would you define physical interaction? What makes for good physical interaction? Are there works from others that you would say are good examples … Continue reading