Physical Computing Resources
- Moritz Kemper (Unlicensed)
- Luke Franzke
- Joël Gähwiler
Owned by Moritz Kemper (Unlicensed)
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