Adrian Freed: Fueling imaginations

Dates: July 24 + July 25, 2010 from 10am to 5pm FULL

Description   

During this hands-on workshop we will survey Arduino platforms, libraries, shields and programming techniques for a broad range of musical and sound applications. We will learn how to synthesize useful wave shapes including square, sine, triangle and pulses, how to manage polyphony and timing and how to playback and record sampled sounds.

{syntaxhighlighter brush:php} // XYZ textile pad // (procedural abstraction) void analogPullup(int pin, boolean activate) { pinMode(14+pin, INPUT); // magic to active pullups 14 is the numbering of the analog pins digitalWrite(14+pin, activate ?

This bracelet has an Arduino-powered ring of white LED's with a 3-axis accelerometer tilt sensor.

How many interactions/games can you think of with this platform?

There are 3 in the video:

Hand in the air: flashes (because at a party you want to signal that you want someone to talk to?).

Horizontal hand: always illuminates the top LED's whatever rotation your arm has ("smart flashlight")

Spins of the wrist: a blob spins around in the same direction and slows to a stop.

Dates: Saturday June 26 and Sunday June 27, 2010 from 10am to 5pm

Description

Thanks to Angela Sheehan from Soft Circuit Saturdays for filming this in the challenging, busy, noisy environment of Maker Faire.

Example video

My table at Maker Faire 2007 including my first e-textile work with peizoresistive fabric, my duotouch pad and floor sensor and some great interactive demos whipped together by Andy Schmeder. Michael Zbyszynski dropped in and talked about his Ikea bowl speakers.
It was great that Dan Overholt was nearby demonstrating his e-field sensor array.

The faculty club is on the East side of campus at the same level as the Cal Stadium.

Public Parking is available on weekends in the Bancroft lot or in a the Boalt lot just a few hundred feet south east of the Faculty Club: http://www.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=10042043183639845...

This page will generate directions:
http://www.berkeleyfacultyclub.com/piedmont/

although I find the directions to the building next to it more helpful:
http://www.womensfacultyclub.com/direction.html

The current growth of the Arduino platform is fueled by the many new boards that make it easier to squeeze Atmega processors and their associated peripherals into ever smaller spaces or unusual places such as clothing.

Thanks for these flattering comments. The best complements you give are with all the wonderful things you have been inspired to make after taking my classes.

"Adrian is such a gifted teacher and I really felt like the environment allowed me to see that this area is doable by people and it's not as mysterious as it feels when I work on it on my own. I loved it."

Julien

"Thanks so much, it was a great workshop, you were super."