Physical Computing Resources
General Resources
Electronics Reference Materia
IAD WIki - All essential material for Physical Computing
Sparkfun Electricity Basics - Great video series on the basics of electricity.
Elektronik Compendium – Excellent explanations of electronics (Deutsch)
All about circuits - In-depth explanations of electricity, from basic to advanced topics
Tom Igoe – Many good explanations of basics
Find Chips – The place to find datasheets for components
Websites
hackaday - A news site for interesting "hacking" projects. A source of inspiration and new developments
ITP – The very good documentation from the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at NYU
makezine.com – A magazine for hobbyist, with many Arduino projects
JeeLabs – Several interesting projects from Jean-Claude Wippler.
Hardware
Arduino Boards – An overview of all Arduino boards
raspberrypi - A small, cheap, pc computer suitable for hardware prototyping
Sparkfun – Electronic prototyping designer/manufacturer with many tutorials.
Adafruit – Electronic prototyping designer/manufacturer with many tutorials.
Software
Arduino – The Arduino Website. Important for this course!
Processing – Processing Website with some examples for working with Arduino
Fritzing – Software visualising and prototyping circuits.
CoolTerm – Helpful program for windows and mac for reading and writing over serial ports.
tinkercad circuits - A simple tool to design and test circuits online
Eagle CAD - A professional but relatively easy program for PCB design
https://shiftr.io - An online platform for IOT prototyping
Shopping
Pusterla – The Zurich electronics shop
Conrad – Hobby and Electronics. A physical shop in Dietlikon
play-zone.ch - Swiss-based hobby and electronic distributer
Watterott – German hobby and electronic distributer
Farnell – Big distributer. Has almost everything.
Distrelec – Big distributer. Has almost everything.
Digi-Key – Big distributer. Has almost everything.
Mouser – Big distributer. Has almost everything.
Films
The Machine That Changed The World (1992) – Documentary on intelligent machines and the start of computer technology.
Shock and Awe – BBC Documentary
Literature References
Embodied Interaction Design
Seeking a Foundation for Context Aware Computing – Paul Dourish (2001)
The Design of Everyday Things – Donald Norman (1988)
Emotional Design – Donald Norman (2003)
Physical Computing
Physical Computing – Tom Igoe (2004)
Make: Electronics – Charles Patt (2010)
Getting Started with Arduino – Massimo Banzi (2008)
Getting started in Electronics – Forrest M. Mims (1983)
Arduino Cookbook – Michael Margolis (2011)
Programming Interactivity – Joshua Noble (2009)
Making Things Talk – Tom Igoe (2011
Ubiquitous Computing
Divining a Digital Future … – Paul Dourish & Genevieve Bell (2011)
Interactive Objects
Talk To Me Essay – Paola Antonellis Essay für die “Talk To Me” Ausstellung
Design Noir: The secret Life of Electronic Objects – Anthony Dunne, Fiona Raby (2001)
Project Examples
Wireless
Esper Domino von Jarashi Suki – Per Funk verbundene Domino-Steine
Spotify Player von Jordi Parra – RFID & Online Musik
BakerTweet von Poke – Wann gibt es frische Gipfeli?
Sound
Knot(e) von Alain Bellet, Gael Hugo, Christophe Guignard – Reaktives Sound Seil
Soundmachines von The Product – Plattenspieler
Collaborative Instrument von Matt West – Ein elektronisches Instrument
Dada Box von Jifei Ou – Remix von Sätzen
Fine Collection of Curious Sound Objects von Georg Reil und Kathy Scheuring – Kurios.
C60 von IDEO Labs – RFiD gesteuerter Plattenspieler
AIfSoeT von Dennis Paul – Ein Instrument für die Sonifizierung alltäglicher Dinge
Kinetik
Point Cloud von James Lang – Durch Servos gesteuerte kinetische Figur
Telepresent Water von David Bowen – Telepräsenz von Naturgewalten
Particles von Daito Manage und Motor Ishibashi – Illuminierte Murmelbahn
One Hundred and Eight von Nils Völker – Plastiktüten als Display
Olars von Lars Marcus Vedeler – Kinetische Skulpturen
Piano Gloves von Scott Garner – Klavier spielen Überall
Kinetische Skulptur von Art+Com – Skulpturen durch Kugeln
Duality von Art+Com – Interaktiver Boden
Newton’s Cradle von Yasutoki Kariya – Pendel
Symphonie Cinétique von ART & COM
Cubepix von Glassworks Barcelona
Vincent & Emily von Nikolas Schmid-Pfähler and Carolin Liebl
Resinance von CAAD
Taktil
The Poking Machine von Jasper van Loenen and Bartholomäus Traubeck – Kleines taktiles Device
Tagible von Georg Reil und Christoph Döring – Display = Eingabe = Ausgabe
Knock Knock von Khalil Klouche
Tactilu von panGenerator
http://www.iaacblog.com/programs/tangible-robot/
https://hackaday.com/2017/02/17/zooids-swarm-user-interface/
Experiment
Computerless Arduino von Teague Labs – Arduino ohne Computer
Glassified Von Fluid Interfaces Group – Augmented Lineal
The Chime von Marc de Pape
The Chime von Marc de Pape
Game
Pixelate von Sures Kumar und Lana Porter – Elektronisch Essen