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First Week
First Class
Thursday
September 25th
2008
Lecture/Demos
- Getting To Know You
- Basic Concepts
- Safety
Assigned Reading
Outside Project
- Assignment #1: Acquire junk motors, switches, electronic noise-making toys and/or keyboards
Second Week
Second Class
Tuesday
September 30th
2008
Lecture/Demos
- Intro to Basic Electricity
- DC vs. AC
- Volts, Amps, Ohms, & Ohms Law
- Reading Schematics
- State Machines
In Class Project
- Practice Soldering
Assigned Reading
Outside Project
- Writing Assignment: Artist Report
Third Class
Thursday
October 2nd
2008
Lecture/Demos
- Video: Arthur Ganson Machines
- Circuit Bending
Third Week
Fourth Class
Tuesday
October 7th
2008
Lecture/Demos
- Circuit Bending Demo continued
- Working with junk
- Circuits
- Knobs & potentiometers
- Sound Chips
In Class Project
- Assignment #2: Circuit Bending
Due
- Assignment #1: Collected Electronic Toys & Junk
Fifth Class
Thursday
October 9th
2008
In Class Project
- Assignment #2: Circuit Bending, continued
Assigned Reading
-
Arduino's Getting Started page
-
Todbot Course Guide, Part 1 (reread)
-
Arduino Digital IO Digital Input and Output sections
Fourth Week
Sixth Class
Tuesday
October 14th
2008
Lecture/Demos
- Demo Arduino hookup and basic programming
In Class Project
- Assignment #3: LED Sequencer
Due
- Assignment #2: Circuit Bending
Seventh Class
Thursday
October 16th
2008
In Class Project
- Assignment #3: LED Sequencer, continued
Assigned Reading
- Arduino Analog I/O (links on analog input)
Fifth Week
Eight Class
Tuesday
October 21
2008
Lecture/Demos
- Interactive Devices 1: Sensors
- History of Kinetic & Machine Art 1: Pre-Computer
In Class Project
- Assignment #4: Sensing Sequencer
Assigned Reading
Due
- Assignment #3: LED Sequencer
Ninth Class
Thursday
October 23
2008
Lecture/Demos
- Interactive Devices 2: Multi-State Machines
In Class Project
- Assignment #4: Sensing Sequencer
Sixth Week
Tenth Class
Tuesday
October 28th
2008
Lecture/Demos
- It's Midterm!
- Crit Assignment #4: Sensing Sequencer
In Class Project
- Assignment #5: More Interactivity
Due
- Assignment #4: Sensing Sequencer
Eleventh Class
Thursday
October 30th
2008
In Class Project
- Assignment #5: More Interactivity, continued
Seventh Week
Twelfth Class
Tuesday
November 4th
2008
Lecture/Demos
- Servo Circuits
In Class Project
- Assignment #6: Servo Circuits
Due
- Assignment #5: More Interactivity Not due
Thirteenth Class
Thursday
November 6th
2008
Lecture/Demos
- Relays, Solenoids & Switches
In Class Project
- Assignment #6: Servo Circuits, continued
Eighth Week
No Class
Tuesday
November 11th
2008
Happy Veteran's Day
Fourteenth Class
Thursday
November 13th
2008
Lecture/Demos
- Sensors & Motors
In Class Project
- Writing Assignment
- Assignment #7: Sensing Servo Dropped: Start on Final Project
Due
- Assignment #6: Servo Circuit
Ninth Week
Fifteenth Class
Tuesday
November 18th
2008
Lecture/Demos
- Using the 4794 Chip to expand Arduinos digital outputs
In Class Project
- Final Project
Sixteenth Class
Thursday
November 20th
2008
In Class Project
- Final Assignment: Combining Techniques
Due
- Assignment #7: Sensing Servo not due — dropped
- Review sketches of final project
Tenth Week
Seventeenth Class
Tuesday
November 25th
2008
Lecture/Demos
- Using multiple 4794 Chips
In Class Project
- Final Assignment: Combining Techniques, continued
No Class
Thursday
November 27th
2008
Happy Thanksgiving
Eleventh Week
Eighteenth Class
Tuesday
December 2nd
2008
In Class Project
- Final Assignment: Combining Techniques, continued
Nineteenth Class
Thursday
December 4th
2008
Final Assignment Crit
Open Studios
Friday
December 5th
2008
Final Assignment Installed
Finals Week
Final
Thursday
December 11th
2008
No Final