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Global Instructor : Becky Stewart
More about Becky on her Queen Mary University of London page and theleadingzero.com. Slides from other presentations and workshops on similar topics can be found on speakerdeck.
This second class on the topic of wearables and e-textiles will focus on incorporating computation into soft circuits by using microcontrollers and single-board computers.
Class Outline
- Introduction to microcontrollers and single-board computers
- Sensor circuits for microcontrollers (voltage dividers and pull up/down resistors)
- Actuator circuits for microcontrollers
- Hard-soft connections to a microcontroller
- Code reading Arduino examples (how to figure out what to copy and paste)
Assignment
Create an interactive object; if you are already experienced with coding, focus on fully integrating a microcontoller into a textile circuit. If you are new to coding, choose an example and get it working using your own sensors and actuators.