Practice
Ok! You want to start with physical computing, so you need a point to start. This page should get you started.
All you need is a micro-cotroller like 'Wiring' or
'Arduino' and some basic tools (like a soldering station...). Probably some knowledge about electric circuits will help too. If you don't know anything about this topic, you will find some very basic tutorials here as well. Happy hacking!
Books | Tutorials | Various | Parts |
Processing
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Making Things Talk |
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Eclipse for Arduino |
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Video tutorials on 'howto' physical computing |
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Wiring Tutorials
- Examples on Wiring.org.co
- Diagrams on Wiring.org.co (very helpful)
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Lecture exercises |
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Physical Computing site of the ITP with loads of tutorials.
- Components - Some of the basic components
- Breadboard - Setting up a breadboard
- Soldering - Begining soldering exercise
- Electronics - Introduction to electronics
- Digital input and output on the Arduino Module
- Analog input and output on the Arduino Module
- Serial Communication - Guide to microcontroller-to-PC communication using Processing
- Serial Communication - More on serial
- and many more.
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Tigoe's tutorials - very helpful!
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The Fun Theory - Turn behaviors for better - various projects |
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instructables - nice Tutorials and examples |
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InstantSoup - Lots of fine examples of physical computing |
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Hack-a-day - Tons of finest 'Physical Computing' hacks |
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MAKE - Projects, Hacks, Ideas and Inspirations |
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MAKEMAGAZIN videos on you tube - Projects, Hacks, Ideas and Inspirations |
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Liquidware - Projects, examlpes and a shop ;o) |
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Liquidware Antipasto - A blog about Open Source Hardware and experiences |
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Parts and where to get it
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Sparkfun (USA - 10 days delivery) |
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Seeedstudio (USA/ via China -> 10-14 days delivery) |
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Switch Studio (Japan -> 10-14 days delivery) |
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Flamingo EDA (China / translated to english for better understanding) |
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Farnell (CH - 1-2 days delivery) |
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Distrelec (CH - 1-2 days delivery) |
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Conrad (CH - 3-5 days delivery) |
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Parts for UAV - Drones |
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Processing (German only!)
| Programmieren oder Zeichnen? Kapitelübersicht
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| Kapitel 1: Processing Fundamentals
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| Kapitel 2: Kleine Einführung für Nicht-Programmierer
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| Kapitel 3: Variablen
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| Kapitel 4: Kontrollstrukturen
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| Kapitel 5: Funktionen
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| Kapitel 6: Objekt Orientiertes Programmieren
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| Folien: Synthesizing Emergence
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| Movie: Synthesizing Emergence
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| Folien: Object Orientated Design
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| Folien: OOD Ant Foraging Example
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