Paja

November 12th – 16th

12rd Monday

Introduction: 9.00-9.30 – PDF Slides

1. Physical Computing example using Director
2. What do we do in this workshop?
3. Assignment
4. A good example of a intuitive interaction

Media Lab Paja Blog: 9.30-10.30

1. Paja Blog Registration
2. Writing posts (FireFox, Categories, Post Status, Links, Uploading Image, Youtube video)
3. Templates for example codes and schematics

Forming Groups: 10.30-11.00

1. 2 persons in a team
2. A non-technical person collaborates with a technical person.
3. Software preference (Max/MSP, PD, Director, Flash, Processing, s60py etc.)

Idea Creation: 11.00-13.00

1. Walk around Taik and observe objects and people
2. Create several interaction ideas
3. Document ideas on this blog

Hardware (Assembling electronics): 13.00-16.00 – PDF Slides

1. Introduction
2. Tools
3. Breadboards
4. 9V(VIN), 5V (VDD) and GND (VSS)
5. The most popular components
6. Resistors – example image
7. Capacitors – example image
8. Vdd – resistor – LED – Vss – example image
9. Schematic plans
10. Multimeter
11. IC (Blackbox) – 10 x Touch sensor

13rd TuesdayIntroduction to BASIC Stamp: 9.00-10.00 – Slides

1. Introduction
2. Download BASIC Stamp Syntax and Reference Manual – pdf
3. Program Debugging (DEBUG, CR, TAB) – PBASIC code
4. ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) – PBASIC code
5. Type of Numbers (Binary, Hexadecimal, Decimal, Signed Decimal) – PBASIC code
6. Executing a example code and circuit – example image, PBASIC code

Architecture: 10.00-11.00

1. SKIP! Constants (CON) – PBASIC code
2. Variables type definitions (VAR, BIT, NIB, BYTE, WORD) – PBASIC code
3. Arrays/Strings (BYTE(n)) – PBASIC code
4. SKIP! Operators (+, -, *, /, abs, //) – PBASIC code
5. BS2 Memory size – PBASIC code
6. Binary Digit (Bit shift, Signed Decimal etc.) – PBASIC code

Controls: 11.00-12.00

1. Functions (Label, GOTO, GOSUB, RETURN) -PBASIC code
2. Looping structure (DO LOOP) – PBASIC code
3. Looping structure 2 (FOR NEXT) – PBASIC code
4. Branching (IF THEN) – PBASIC code
5. Data controls (RANDOM) – PBASIC code
6. Time/Power Control (PAUSE, SLEEP) – PBASIC code

IO Commands: 13.00-16.00 & Friday 9.00-12.00

1. Digital IO (HIGH/LOW, TOGGLE, PULSOUT)
   1. Exercise! 31 x LED – HIGH/LOW, TOGGLE: PBASIC code, Schematic, PULSOUT: PBASIC code, Schematic
   2. x Servo motors – Product Info
2. Digital IO (INPUT)
   1. Exercise! 16 x Button switch – PBASIC code, Schematic
   2. 1 x Reed switch
   3. 2 x PIR sensor – Schematic
   4. 9 x Tilt switch
   5. 1 x IR object detector
3. SKIP! Digital IO (COUNT)
   1. Exercise! 6 x TSL230 light sensor – PBASIC code, Schematic
   2. Exercise! 3 x TCS230 color light-frequency converter – PBASIC code, Schematic
4. Digital IO (PULSIN)
   1. Exercise! 2 x Memsic 2125 Accelerometer – PBASIC, Schematic
   2. Exercise! 6 x Ping)))Ultrasonic Sensor – PBASIC, Schematic
   3. 6 x Piezo Vibra Tab
5. Analog IO (PWM)
   1. Exercise! LED – PBASIC, Schematic
6. Analog IO (RCTIME)
   1. Exercise! 17 x Photoresistor – PBASIC, Schematic
   2. 20 x Potentimeter
   3. 4 x Flexiforce Sensor Demo Kit – Demo
   4. 1 x AD592 Temperature Probe
   5. 2 x QTI sensor – PDF
7. Synchronous Serial IO (SHIFTOUT/SHIFTIN)
   1. Exercise! 1 x Hitachi HM55B Compass Module – Product Info
   2. Exercise! 3 x AD0831 (i-Cube sensors) with SHIFTIN – PBASIC, Schematic
   3. Exercise! 1 x Hitachi H48C Tri-Axis Accelerometer Module – Product Info
   4. Exercise! 1 x Sensirion Temperature/Humidity Sensor – Product Info
   5. Exercise! 1 x Sharp GP2D02 Distance sensor – PBASIC, Product Info
8. Frequency (FREQOUT)
   1. Exercise! 9 x Piezo Speaker (Understanding Signals.pdf p44) – PBASIC code, Schematic

14th WednesdayBASIC Stamp IO Commands continues 9.00-11.00Basic Serial connection: 11.00-12.00

1. RS-232
   1. Baud rate — One baud is one electronic state change per second.
   2. Parity — odd, even, or none
   3. Data bits — 5, 6, 7, or 8bits
   4. Stop bits — 1, 1.5, or 2 (often says true = 1 stop bits)
2. Asynchronous Serial IO (SEROUT/SERIN, DEBUG/DEBUGIN)
   1. DEBUG / SEROUT (16pin) command (Asynchronous, 9600 Baud rate, None parity, 8 data bits, 1 Stop bits)
      1. Exercise! Photoresistor – PBASIC code, Schematic
   2. DEBUGIN / SERIN (16pin)
      1. Exercise! LED (HIGH/LOW) – PBASIC code, Schematic

Connecting BASIC Stamp to computer: 11.00-12.00, 13.00-16.00

1. Exercise! Director + BASIC Stamp – zip requires SerialXtra
2. Flash + BASIC Stamp – (Similar to Flash + Arduino, requires a XML Socket Server)
3. Processing + BASIC Stamp – url
4. Max/MSP + BASIC Stamp – url by Jukka Ylitalo
5. Pure Data + BASIC Stamp – (similar to Pure Data + Arduino)
6. S60Python +Bluetooth module + BASIC Stamp – url, url2 by Jurgen Scheible
7. Max/MSP, Pure Data + Arduino (only functions equivalent to HIGH/LOW, PWM, RCTIME)
   1. Max/MSP + Arduino – url by Marius Schebella
   2. Pure Data + Arduino – url by Hans-Christoph Steiner

15th ThursdayGroup work: 9.00-16.00Other components

1. XPort – Product Info, Video, Access to a XPort (Mlab Internal only)
2. S60 Python + BASIC Stamp – video1, video2
3. Velleman DC dimmer – Product Info, Video1, Video2
4. Parallax RFID Reader Module – Product Info, Video

16th FridayGroup work: 9.00-12.00Presentation: 14.00-16.00ReferencesNuts & Volts Columms (BASIC Stamp Application Examples)eg)

1. Column #94: Gettin’ MIDI With It – PDF