Description
Introduction to physical computing, interactive electronics, and microcontroller architectures. Students learn basic electricity concepts (Voltage, Current, Resistance), breadboard layout, and the transduction cycle.
Key Topics
- The Transduction Cycle: How physical phenomena (pressure, light, motion) are converted to electrical signals, processed by software, and transduced into physical action.
- Basic Electronics: Ohm’s Law (), closed circuits, pull-up/pull-down resistors, and multimeter diagnostics.
- Prototyping Environment: Arduino IDE, microcontrollers, digital input/output (
pinMode,digitalWrite,digitalRead).