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First Week
First Class
Tuesday
January 6th
2009
Lecture/
Demos
- Getting To Know You
- Basic Concepts
- Safety
Assigned:
- Assignment #1: Get Junk
- Watch
Soldering Tutorial Video & Links
- Written/Presentation Assignment
Second Class
Thursday
January 8th
2009
Lecture/
Demos
- Basic Electricity
In-Class Project
- Soldering Practice
Third Class
Saturday
January 10th
2009
Lecture/Demo
- Circuit Bending I: What's Inside
In Class Project
- Soldering Practice
Assigned
- Read how to circuit bend at anti-theory.com
Second Week
Fourth Class
Tuesday
January 13th
2009
Due:
- Assignment #1: Bring in Junk
Lecture/
Demos
- Circuit Bending II
Assigned:
- Assignment #2: Circuit Bending
In Class Project
- Assignment #2: Circuit Bending
Fifth Class
Thursday
January 15th
2009
Lecture/
Demos
- Working with Junk
- Circuit Diagrams
- Knobs, Pots, and Components
- Sound Chips
In Class Project
- Bend Circuits
Sixth Class
Saturday
January 17th
2009
Lecture/
Demos
- Movie Time: Arthur Ganson Machines
In Class Project
- Bend Circuits
Third Week
Seventh Class
Tuesday
January 20th
2009
Due:
- Assignment #2: Circuit Bending
Lecture/
Demos
- Basic Arduino: Hookup and Programming
In-Class Project
- Crit Assignment #2: Circuit Bending
- Assignment #3: LED Sequencer
Assigned:
- Assignment #3: LED Sequencer
Eighth Class
Thursday
January 22nd
2009
Lecture/
Demos
- Sequencing LEDs with Arduino
In-Class Project
- Assignment #3: LED Sequencer
Ninth Class
Saturday
January 24th
2009
Lecture/
Demos
- Independent Loops in Arduino
In-Class Project
- Assignment #3: LED Sequencer
Fourth Week
Tenth Class
Tuesday
January 29th
2009
Administrative Stuff
- Last day to add/drop/swap today
- Add by Petition or withdraw from class period start tomorrow, ends February 18th
- Grading option deadline
Lecture/
Demos
Code Examples
- if-then Interactivity 01
- if-then Interactivity 02
In-Class Project
- Continue Assignment #3&4: Sensing LED Sequencer
Eleventh Class
Thursday
2009
Lecture/
Demos
- Review
- More on connecting components
In-Class Project
- Assignment #3&4: Sensing LED Sequencer
Twelfth Class
Saturday
January 31st
2009
Lecture/
Demos
- None…
In-Class Project
- Assignment #3&4: Sensing LED Sequencer
Fifth Week
Thirteenth Class
Tuesday
February 2nd
2009
Due:
- Assignment #3&4: Sensing LED Sequencer
Lecture/
Demos
- Working with Servos
In-Class Project
- Crit Assignment #3&4: Sensing Sequencer
- Assignment #6: Servo Circuit
- Reading Assignment: Delusions of Interactivity
Assigned:
- Assignment #5 Dropped
- Assignment #6&7: Servo Circuit (combined)
Fourteenth Class
Thursday
February 5th
2009
Lecture/
Demos
- Chaos vs. Rhythm
In-Class Project
- Assignment #6&7: Servo Circuit
Fifteenth Class
Saturday
February 7th
2009
Lecture/
Demos
- Basic Servo Programming (finally)
In-Class Project
- Assignment #6&7: Servo Circuit
Sixth Week
Sixteenth Class
Tuesday
February 10th
2009
Lecture/
Demos
- Sensors
In-Class Project
- Assignment #6&7: Sensing Servo
Seventeenth Class
Thursday
February 12th
2009
Lecture/
Demos
- TBD
In-Class Project
- Assignment #6&7: Sensing Servo
Eighteenth Class
Saturday
February 14th
2009
Administrative Stuff
- Last day to add by petition or withdraw from class is tomorrow
Lecture/
Demos
- Free Day!
Seventh Week
Nineteenth Class
Tuesday
February 17th
2009
Lecture/
Demos
- Passive Infrared Motion Detector
In-Class Project
- Assignment #6&7: Servo Circuit
Twentieth Class
Thursday
February 19th
2009
Lecture/
Demos
- TBD
In-Class Project
- Assignment #6&7: Servo Circuit
Twenty-First Class
Saturday
February 21st
2009
Lecture/
Demos
- TBD
In-Class Project
- Assignment #6&7: Servo Circuit
Eighth Week
Twenty-Second Class
Tuesday
February 24
2009
Due:
- Assignment #6&7: Servo Circuit
- Presentations or Written Assignments
Lecture/
Demos
- TBD
In-Class Project
- Crit Assignment #6&7: Servo Circuit
- Presentations
- Final Assignment
Assigned:
- Final Assignment
Twenty-Third Class
Thursday
February 26th
2009
Lecture/Demo
- Out of town
- Demo from Synthia Payne
Twenty-Fourth Class
Saturday
February 28th
2009
Lecture/Demo
- Out of town
Ninth Week
Twenty-Fifth Class
Tuesday
March 3rd
2009
Lecture/Demo
- Artist Presentations
- Final Assignment
Twenty-Sixth Class
Thursday
March 5th
2009
Lecture/Demo
- Artist Presentations
- Final Assignment
Twenty-Seventh Class
Saturday
March 7th
2009
Lecture/Demo
- Artist Presentations
- Using the HEF4794B LED Driver from Philips
- Final Assignment
Tenth Week
Twenty-eighth Class
Tuesday
March 10th
2009
Lecture/Demo
- TBD
- Final Assignment
Twenty-Ninth Class
Thursday
March 12th
2009
Lecture/Demo
- TBD
- Final Assignment
Open Studios
Friday
March 13th
Noon-4pm
2009
Due:
- Final Assignment