STEWshop #3 – physical computing

 

HeatSync Labs – http://www.heatsynclabs.org/

Here’s the completed version of the Arduino code that we ran at the workshop– if you have a 16×2 character LCD, an IR LED, IR photodetector, and piezo speaker, you can use the instructions and code below to make an electronic pet!

http://heatsynclabs.org/wiki/Arduino_IR_Pet

And check out http://heatsynclabs.org/events for more of our shenanigans or email us at info@heatsynclabs.org for questions/comments and so we can contact you for future events!

Casey Farina – http://www.caseyfarina.net/

Please see the Audio Schematics, as well as this great source for piezo and experimental instrument supplies.

Byron Lahey – http://www.byronlahey.com/

• Conductive Thread
  • http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8544
• Velostat
  • Velostat® Film, 4 mil x 36″ (Cat. #A1234) ……… $1.95/ lin ft. – http://www.lessemf.com/plastic.html
• Thermal adhesive conductive fabric
  • Shieldit Super 14″ (Cat. #A1220-14)  $8.95/lin ft – http://www.lessemf.com/fabric.html
• Neoprene
  • 2 MIL Neoprene
    Seattle Fabrics Inc.
    8702 Aurora Ave. N.
    Seattle, WA 98103
    http://www.seattlefabrics.com/neoprene.html
• Tulle (mesh netting), regular thread, needles, etc.
  • Any fabric store
• Calculating the optimal fixed resistor value in voltage divider sensor circuits
  • http://www.smartcontroller.com.au/resistance-calculator
• References and other resources
  • http://www.instructables.com/id/Conductive-Thread-Pressure-Sensor/
  • http://www.plusea.at/
  • http://web.media.mit.edu/~plusea/
  • http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/
  • http://hlt.media.mit.edu/
  • http://web.media.mit.edu/~emme/
  • http://www.arduino.cc/
  • http://cycling74.com/