Date |
Meet In: |
Topics/Agenda |
Links |
8/26 |
MEB 3133 |
Course intro, videos, discussion, Assignment 1handed out |
- Introduction slides from 8/26 in PDF 2 to a page and 6 to a page
- Link to Arthur Ganson's web site - kinetic sculptures from MIT
- Link to a description of The Way Things Go
- Link to a short YouTube clip of The Way Things Go
- Link to the Honda commercial derived from The Way Things Go
- Assignment 1:
- Look around for examples of arts/tech collaborations
- Find a few examples that you find interesting
- Make a short powerpoint/keynote presentation on what you found (5-10 min)
- Show it to class next week (9/2)
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9/2 |
MEB 3133 |
Student presentations (assignment 1) |
- Links from Kevin Brown
- Links from Cory Shirts
- Links from Jesse Smith
- Links from Mayuko Nakamura
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9/9 |
MEB 3133 |
Arduino hand's-on, discussion |
- Arduino hand's-on, discussion - Here are the slides in PDF
- We'll start with some very basic Arduino programs from the built-in examples "sketchbook." If you load the Arduino programming environment from www.arduino.cc, you can look at the code.
- We'll start with Blink and Blink Without Delay which will introduce the Arduino language, and the structure of an Arduino "sketch" (ie. program).
- We'll move to Fading and wiring up external LEDs with current-limiting resistors
- Then wire up a button for the Button example (talk about current-limiting again)
- Then you'll write a new program to fade-or-blink based on the button
- Then look at Analog for analog inputs from a potentiometer (pot). You'll have to solder a few wires on the pot to make it work with the prototying boards (some random sites about soldering are here, here, and here).
- Then you'll write a new program to control the brightness of an external LED from the pot, and also from a photocell (talk about pulse width modulation as a technique for produing analog output signals).
- We'll also look at serial communication between the Arduino and the host machine
- Finally, we'll look at using the analog output (PWM) to drive servos to make things move
- Project #1 - form groups, take a bunch of parts (LEDs, servos, resistors, buttons, etc.) and build something cool....
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9/16 |
AAC
3D room |
Erik out of town - Paul's in charge |
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9/23 |
MEB 3133 |
Project 1 critique |
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9/30 |
MEB 3133 |
First project discussion, DC motors, Stepper motors |
Project #2 - due on Wednesday 10/21
- Groups that dealt mostly with LED on Project 1 should deal with movement
- Groups that dealt mostly with movement on Project 1 should deal with LEDs
- All groups should include some sort of environmental sensing/reaction in their project
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10/7 |
AAC
3D room |
Final versions of project 1 assessed |
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10/14 |
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No Class |
Fall Break |
10/21 |
AAC
3D Room |
Project 2 critique |
- Project #2 due!
- More motors and assemblies
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10/28 |
MEB 3133 |
Artist reports, Final project teams |
- Artist survey and research paper.
- Paul and I will make a list of kinetic artists. We'll dole out names from that list, and have each person in class do some reseach on that artist and write a short paper about them.
- The paper should include a review of their work and their history, and some critique, analysis, and discussion of their content, context, and physical realizations.
- Papers will be due near the end of the semester.
- Ideally, the reports should be in a form that we can post on the class web site.
- Artists to choose from include: Rebecca Horn, Dan Rozin, Leo Villareal, Alan Rath, Jim Campbell, Tim Hawkinson, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Jack Dollhausen, Peter Vogel, Sabrina Raaf, Roxy Paine, and Pe Lang & Zimoun.
- We'll hand out names of artists to students. Paul and I have picked an artist for each student to do their report on.
- We'll talk about teams for the final project. We've done a shuffle so that everyone will work with completely different people on the final project.
- Erik will finish the I2C and TLC5940 discussion
- The last LED driver
- The last serial protocol
- Paul will talk about linear power supplies
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11/4 |
AAC
3D Room |
Interrupts and Timers |
- Erik will discuss interrupts - external and timer Here are slides 2 to a page and 6 to a page in PDF
- Paul will discuss high-power switching and AC circuits
- Higher power circuits
- AC circuits
- solonoids
- relays
- Groups for final project should be settled
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11/11 |
MEB 3133 |
Artist Reports |
- Artist report class presentations - students should do a short class presentation on their artist.
- Web-capable artist reports due - we'll link them to this web site.
Artist Reports:
Lawrence Boye: Jack Dollhausen
Josh Bross: Peter Vogel
Kevin Brown: Dan Rozin
Quinton Christensen: Jim Campbell
Matt Fisher: Rebecca Horn
Brandt Hammer: Leo Villareal
Mayuko Nakamura: Sabrina Raaf
Cory Shirts: Roxy Paine
Jesse Smith: Alan Rath
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11/18 |
MEB 3133 |
Final Project Proposals |
- Final project proposals - in-class proposals, critique, and disucssion
- Erik can also demo IR proximity circuits, and piezo sensors
- Paul can finish his discussion about high-power switching and AC circuits
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11/25 |
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No Class |
Thanksgiving Break |
12/2 |
AAC
3D Room |
Work Day |
- Final project work day - attendance is still required, but it's a chance to get some work done on your project.
- Erik and Paul will be around to answer questions and help figure things out
- Teams should be working to finish their final project, and to finish polishing the first two projects for exhibition
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12/9 |
MEB 3133 |
Final Project Critique |
- Final project review and critique
- Exhibit planning
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12/16 |
MEB 3133 |
Final Exhibition go/no-go decisions |
- Final exhibition go/no-go decision on all projects
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