Sensing and Control Notes

draft schedule

Week 1 - Intro and PD

6/20-course intro

• policies
• pure data
• microcontrollers/arduino
  • family of microprocessors

6/21-PD basics

6/22-imaging and video with PD

6/23-computer vision with PD

Homework:

• project 1 due monday am.

Week 2 - Arduino and Digital Basics

6/27 - Project 1 Critique, Arduino intro

• project 1 critique
• intro to microcontroller

Homework:

• install arduino software
• UNO firmata to arduino
• pduino code for pd.
• look through pduino help files for digital input/output

6/28 - Digital input/output

• digital input/output
• pullup resistors
• LED and resistor

6/29 - current, transistors

• transistors
• current flow/diodes
• solenoids

6/30 - analog in/out

• PWM
• servo
• analog in
• potentiometer

Week 3

7/4 - servos

7/5 - motors

7/6 - laser cutter

7/7 -

Homework:

• a project that moves

Week 4

7/11 - Critique

7/12 -

Homework:

• proposal for final project

7/13 - In-class presentation of project ideas

7/14 -

Week 5

7/18 - In-class work

7/19 - In-class work

7/20 - Final Critiques / cleanup.

general

• Install pd-extended: http://puredata.info/community/projects/software/pd-extended
• work through Help->Browser->Pure Data/->2.control.examples
  • 00.INTRO.txt through 11.review.pd
• 2.control.examples/00.INTRO.txt
  • hot and cold inlets
  • metro(nome)
  • Gem->examples->
• motion detection and tracking with pd: http://www.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/Bewegungsmelder
  • 12b-keying-alpha.pd

• the forums http://puredata.hurleur.com/

• getting started: http://www.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/Pure_Data_-_Getting_started

• firmata http://firmata.org/wiki/Examples

Arduino Setup

Upload Arduino Uno Firmware:

• In Arduino, Files->Examples->Firmata->StandardFirmata_2_2_forUNO_0_3
• Select proper Port and Board Tools->Board-> and Tools->Serial Port
• Upload Firmata, File->Upload to I/O Board (or Upload Icon in Sketch Window)

Pd Firmata

• Download and install pd-extended: http://puredata.info/community/projects/software/pd-extended
• Download PDuino: http://at.or.at/hans/pd/Pduino-0.5beta8.zip
• Open arduino-test.pd in PD.

• http://nicholasbuer.wordpress.com/category/pure-data-arduino-term-2/
• http://puredata.info/docs/workshops/AcadiaSensorsInteraction
• http://www.adafruit.com/products/170
• Data Structures Tutorial: http://puredata.info/Members/ggkarman/Tutoriales/datastruct_en_02/view
• intro to gem and particles: http://gem.iem.at/documentation/tutorial/particles/gem-outline_en.pdf
• Traffic Network Sniffer Object http://puredata.info/Members/poperbu/pdpcap-0-0-4-released

• pduino: http://at.or.at/hans/pd/objects.html
• arduino: http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software

• Speech Recognition Class
• c.v./brightness tracking