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Assignment 4

October 1, 2014 kponto

Due: For Class October 7th, 2014

Pitch a project that you think someone should do (not necessarily you). Make a post in which you describe:

why you think this project should be done
what challenges you see in this project

Also include one piece of concept art. This art could be a sketch, a photo, a video, and so on.

In class you will make this pitch to the rest of the class. Remember to think big and not worry about the practicality of what you present. You don’t need to know how to do or make what you pitch. Just choose something that you think would be a beneficial to have made.

Choose the Assignments for the posting category.

Resources

The Map Function

September 30, 2014 kponto

Here is a function that may be useful for many of the projects.

map(value, fromLow, fromHigh, toLow, toHigh)
http://arduino.cc/en/reference/map

Here is a diagram of how this function works

The function takes a value that is in the range of fromHigh to fromLow. It then remaps the value to toHigh to toLow.

One very nice applicatin of this technique is for remapping analog input to analog output.

void loop()
{
int val = analogRead(0);
val = map(val, 0, 1023, 0, 255);
analogWrite(9, val);
}

Another interesting aspect of this function is that it allows us to flip the lows and highs as shown in the diagram below.

This may be really useful for items such as the RGB LED that work by driving a signal low.

News

Lecture on Thursday

September 30, 2014 kponto

On Thursday, Artist Laura Anderson Barbata will give a talk to students interested in hearing more about her upcoming Spring 2015 UW Arts Institute Interdisciplinary Arts Residency. The talk will be at 4:30 so we will start our class there.

News

Early Schedule

September 23, 2014 kponto

Here is an updated schedule for the early part of class.

1) Assignment 3: Due September 25, 2014

2) Assignment 4: Due October 7, 2014

3) Initial Project Pitch: Due October 16th
also
PreWork Project: Due October 16th

4) Final Project Pitch: Due October 28th

Prework

PreWork Project

September 23, 2014 kponto

Due: By the end of class 10/16

Your prework project should:

Demonstrate the use of conductive stitching
Show two forms of output
Show two form of input
Combine these items together for an integrated design

Make a post in the Prework category with the following format:

Description: What does your prework project do?

Inputs: What inputs did you use?

Outputs: What outputs did you use?

Video: Create a video which demonstrates the complete functionality of project (i.e. shows all input/output interactions)

Assignments

Assignment 3

September 22, 2014 kponto

Due: Before Class on September 25th

Find a project that deals with wearable computing and post a link. These projects can either be research papers, kickstarters, blog posts and so on.

Format your post as follows:

1: Post a link to the reference material.
These can either be

A link to a research paper (PDF)
A blog post which describes the work (link)
A video which describes the work (Video Embed)

2: A brief description of the project.

Please include:

A description of what this project does
Why you selected it
How well you think the project accomplishes its objectives

Label your post in the Assignments categories.

FAQ

How is this different from Assignment 2?

In Assignment 2 videos just needed to be related to the field. This means that videos could be conceptual, as in Tom’s post. However, for this assignment videos would need to be of a project (i.e. it really exists). An example of a post which would work for both Assignment 2 and 3 would come from Eric’s post.

Links