Physical Computing

Pcomp Project 3

Nov 23: I took inspiration from “The Last Question” by Isaac Asimov – a short science fiction story published in 1956 about humanity’s...

Pcomp Week 10 – Motor Labs

This week, we did the transistor control motor lab, H bridge control motor lab, and stepper motor lab. In the transistor control lab, the...

Pcomp Assignment 2 (updated week 8)

Week 7 start: I’ve always been interested in exploring the boundary between human subjective creativity and artificial, machine based...

Pcomp Week 7

This week I did the Two Way Serial Communication Lab. The example lab used an accelerometer but any sensor with two outputs can work for...

pcomp week 6

This week’s lab includes the Intro to Asynchronous Serial lab, Serial Input to P5.js, and Serial output from P5.js. For the Intro to...

Pcomp Assignment 1

This week I created the High Five Dragon – a toy dragon that gives you a high five every time you take a break from working in front of...

Pcomp week 3

This week’s contents include the tone output lab, servo motor control lab, and planning for assignment one. The first setup in tone...

Pcomp week 2

This week I completed the digital input and output lab, and the analog input lab. I begin first with the digital input lab and setup on...

pcomp week 1

I didn’t have a DC adapter around and I don’t think it was listed on the tool list, so I just used the Arduino to power my circuits for...