arduino!

Here is an arr-some intro to Arduino from the guys at Make:

Quick Links

• Arduino programming reference
• The Arduino Diecimila board
• Interfacing Arduino with software

Arduino at 911 Workshop Sessions

1. Arduino at 911 - Session 1
2. Arduino at 911 - Session 2
3. Arduino at 911 - Session 3
4. Arduino at 911 - Session 4
5. Arduino at 911 - Session 5
6. Download all code here

Recommended Readings

• Lowtech Sensors and Actuators
• Making Things Talk (Chapter 1) - Tom Igoe (buy the book)
• the Arduino Booklet (direct link)

Where to get electronic components:

• You can scavenge toys and old appliances for buttons, sensors, speakers, etc.
• Some sensors you can build yourself. Crude force-sensitive resistors (FSRs), for example, can be made with a piece of conductive foam and some wire mesh.
• Sparkfun
• Jameco
• Digikey

Examples

• Urban Forest
• Ardrumo MIDI Drum Set
• Haptic Radar
• XSense
• Audio Ping Pong
• Camera Pan/Tilt head
• Sonic Body
• Fluidforms “Cassius” Customer-designed lamp
• Reconfigurable House

Disclaimer

This website is undergoing updating and reworking, since it was originally made for a course taught at Simon Fraser University. Much of the stuff I talk about in the 911 workshop will be published here.

Presentation slides from Interactive Objects and Environments course, 2007

1. Introduction
2. Transducers
3. Serial Communication
4. Functions, generating sound.