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PComp, Wk 6: Serial Input Labs

One thing I really appreciated about doing these labs was how they illuminated small bits of code that we’ve been using since the beginning, but honestly I had no idea what exactly it all meant (re: 9600 bauds, especially). Now … Continue reading

14. October 2015 by zoe.bachman.itp
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ICM, Wk 4.5: Synthesis Lab

Almost forgot! The Synthesis Lab! On the whole, I enjoyed the synthesis lab last Friday. I liked the fun-spirited nature of what had previously seemed a quite-daunting task: connecting our arduinos to communciate with p5.js. In PComp last Thursday, Benedetta … Continue reading

07. October 2015 by zoe.bachman.itp
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Pcomp, Wk 4: Labs

So I did the servo motor lab again and got it to turn! yay! What I took away from lab is our ability to use Arduino libraries, as well as a growing curiosity about controlling the position of an object. I was so … Continue reading

30. September 2015 by zoe.bachman.itp
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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

30. September 2015 by zoe.bachman.itp
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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

24. September 2015 by zoe.bachman.itp
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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

24. September 2015 by zoe.bachman.itp
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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

17. September 2015 by zoe.bachman.itp
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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

17. September 2015 by zoe.bachman.itp
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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

17. September 2015 by zoe.bachman.itp
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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

10. September 2015 by zoe.bachman.itp
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