Art B2010-5EF Medium Workshop: Physical Computing

DIAP | CCNY Fall 2017

Instructor: David Rios

Fridays: 2:00pm - 4:50pm

Email: riosriosriosrios (_at_) gmail (_dot_) com

Office Hours: By Appt. in person or via skype. Email David ahead of time

Statement of Academic Integrity

Week 1:

Friday August 25th

In Class: Introductions, Review Syllabus, Review Course, Electricity Overview.

For Next week:
Lab 1: First Circuit
Download Arduino IDE
Materials to purchase
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Week 2:

Friday Sept 1st

In Class: Digital I/O, Circuit notation

For Next week:
Lab 2: Input Output

Week 3:

Friday Sept 8th

In Class: Variables + Analog Input and Sensing +PWM Analog Output

For Next week: Lab 3: On Off and In Between

Week 4:

Friday Sept 15th

In Class: Motors & Soldering

For Next week: Lab 4: Motors

Group Project: Rube-Goldberg Challenge

NO CLASS

Friday Sept 22nd & Friday Sept 29th

No Class: Work on Rube-Goldberg Challenge

Week 5:

Friday Oct 6th

In Class: Rube-Goldberg Presentation , Timers + Booleans, Readymades

For Next week:
Lab 5: Timers and Booleans: Expand on what we did in class. Create a complex system (more than 2 states). Use booleans and counters.
Lab 5: P5js: Explore p5js
Download and Install Nodejs
Download Brackets Text Editor
Start brainstorming final project ideas

Week 6:

Friday Oct 13th

In Class: Intro to p5js via Drawing Animations Interactivity

For Next week:
Create a self portrait and animation using p5js
Final Project Conceptual Sketch: Come to class with 1 or more potential final project ideas. For each idea please include visual aids such as concept sketeches, inspirations, and references. Post all of this to your blog.
Watch Coding Train Videos from sections 1-5

Week 7:

Friday Oct 20th

In Class: Telecommunication One Way, Final Concepts

For Next week: Final Proposal
For Next week: Lab 7: Bits and Bytes

Week 8:

Friday Oct 27th

In Class: Final Conceptual Proposal Due, Telecommunication: Two way
For Next week:

Week 9:

Friday Nov 3rd

In Class: p5js Loops, Functions, Github Pages

Week 10:

Friday Nov 10th

In Class: p5js Arrays and Objects
For Next week: First Prototype of your Final: Have one or more aspects of your project prototyped or completed. Aspects may include any or all of the following:
• Show In progress circuit on breadboard or perfboard
• Show In progress code
• Show structural or other physical elements fabricated

For Next week: Lab 8: Functionality Can be incorporated into the final project
For Next week: Watch and follow along with Dan Shiffman Tutorial Videos

Week 11:

Friday Nov 17th

In Class: Pixels
• Code from Class

Week 12:

NO CLASS Thanksgiving Break

For Next CLass:
• Watch: Sound Synthesis videos
• Final Projects should be close to finished
• Sound Code From Class

Week 13:

Friday Dec 1st

In Class: Show Final Prototype, Check-ins
For Next week: Work on your finals, finish any documentation

Week 14:

Friday Dec 8th

In Class: Final Presentations