Electronics Lab
At Interaction Design Institute Ivrea we do a fair amount of electronic prototyping. The idea is to quickly be able to build interactions that will support the design or prototype. Howevfer, there is no need for a degree in electronic engineering. The main goal is to understand the basics of electronics and programming for micrcontrollers.
More information at Potemkin.orgWiring
Wiring is a programming environment and electronics prototyping input and output board for exploring the electronic arts, tangible media, teaching and learning computer programming and prototyping with electronics. It was initiated by Hernando Barragán while at Interaction Design Institute Ivrea, with the support of Massimo Banzi.
Wiring builds on Processing, the open source programming language developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab and Interaction Design Institute Ivrea by Ben Fry and Casey Reas. It has a user friendly interface and builds on Java programming. Wiring is a very easy to understand platform for designers to use and develop interactive electronic prototypes. Quattro was developed using Wiring.
More about Wiring development toolInstant Soup
Instant Soup is an introductory path into physical computing through a series of examples. Each example is a detailed, step-by-step recipe to follow. When you complete the recipe you have a working prototype ready to serve. Examples go from very simple to more advanced, with each introducing a new physical computing element and building on the previous ones learned. After completing the basic set of examples you will be able to create prototypes on your own.
Instant Soup combines the power of physical prototyping and interface design. It enables the development of physical input or output devices linked to a screen interface. Instant Soup is used together with the Wiring board, and an XML broker was developed to communicate with Flash MX.
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