Monday
Morning 9am - 12:30pm
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Opening Sketching Exercise
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Class Overview
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Signal flow and toolchain
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Context, History, Examples
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Electronics overview
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Background and Intro To Microcontrollers, Arduino and Teensy Platforms
Afternoon 1:30 - 5pm
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Hands on Lab 1: Button In, MIDI out
= Goal: Send and receive data between Teensy and Computer software.
= Challenge: Make an interesting instrument with two buttons.
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2:30pm Roger Lecture - Some fun ideas and sensors to use for your projects (30 minutes)
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Finish Hands on Lab 1
Homework
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Sketch 10 ideas
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Bring your lunch so that we can have a short lunch break on Tuesday.
Tuesday
Morning 9am - 12:30pm
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Design Thoughts 1: Bill Verplank Interaction Design Sketchbook
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Design Thoughts 2: Bill Verplank Button vs Knob. Continuous vs Discrete Gestures
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Sensor Brainstorm Exercise
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Sensor Lecture 1: FSR, Bend, Photocell, Pot, Softpot, Hall Effect, Piezo, Homemade Sensors, Textiles
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Continuous Sensing in Teensy AND Scaling data on the Teensy, Mapping Data in your DAW
Afternoon 1:00pm - 5pm
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2:30 - 4pm Present your ideas to the class.
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4pm - 5pm: What’s inside LinnStrument and how I created it (60 minutes)
Homework
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Homework: Make a rough plan for three of your ideas
Optional Lectures
Please note that given the time constraints of this one week workshop, we can only provide a short introduction to each of these subjects and pointers to places where you can go to learn more.
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Motors, Kinetics and Mechatronics - The Basics, Further Resources and Interesting Work.
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OSC: Open Sound Control
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CAD Design
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Haptics
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Max/MSP
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Sound Synthesis
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Audio Effects
Wednesday
Morning 9am - 12:30pm
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Materials for Makers Lecture
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Sourcing Parts and Materials
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Sensor Lecture 2: Proximity, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Encoders, Capacitive
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Sensors, and IMU
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Serial Protocols (i2c, SPI and UART) AND MIDI Clarified
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Sensor Lecture 3: Sensing Systems - Wii, Leap Motion, Sensel, Cameras, etc
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Physical Interconnects - Advantages, Options, Demonstration
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Teensy Audio Library
Afternoon 1:30pm - 5pm
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1:30 Creating a music product, part 1: How to create a proof of concept of your product idea at low cost (max 30 minutes)
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Hands on Lab 2: Knob In, MIDI CC Data out
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Wednesday Afternoon Get Going on projects if ready.
Homework
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Homework: For one of your ideas, make a detailed plan or proof of concept.
Thursday
Morning 9am - 12:30pm
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Optional Bonus Lectures based on class interest
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10am Group check in about the state of your piece
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11am Creating a music product, part 2: Turning your idea into a cost-effective and - manufacturable product (max 30 minutes)
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11:30am Individual working with consultation
Afternoon 1:30pm - 5pm
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Individual working with consultation
Homework
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Wrap up your project and concentrate on how you will demonstrate it on Friday.
Friday
Morning 9am - 12:30pm
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Morning - Make any final adjustments to projects and setup in stage.
Afternoon
1pm - 3pm Final Projects
3pm - 4pm Wrap Up Conversation
4pm - 5pm Clean Up
Roger’s Course Guide: