Workshop Sketching with Hardware - Design of interactive Systems

Lecturers: Prof. Dr. Albrecht Schmidt
Contact: swh ät medien.ifi.lmu.de
Hours per week: 4
ECTS credits: 6
Language: English

Location and Time (preliminary)

(1) During the lecture period: In-person (Frauenlobstr. 7a) on Thursday at 5:15pm (17:15 Uhr) (irregular meetings, not every week).
(2) During lecture break: One 4-day prototyping workshop in-person at Frauenlobstr. 7a. Dates are announced later.

Modul

!IMPORTANT! Students of Computer Science / Media Informatics choose the course SWH-I ().

Applicable to students seeking to fulfill requirements for a minor media informatics (NebenfachMedieninformatik) (BA-NF MI PStO 2022), e.g. students of Arts and Multimedia (KuMM).

Registration

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Remark

Please note that due to the engaging nature of the group projects, students often spend more than the allocated time on the development of their prototypes.

Content

Students in this course learn about the basics of electronics, circuit design, microcontroller programming, and physical prototyping. The students apply this knowledge by designing a smart object.

• Build basic circuits connected to the microcontroller
• • Output: LEDs, servos, motors, speakers, displays
  • Input: buttons, dials, light sensitive resistors, accelerometer, distance sensors
• Program and debug MicroPython on ESP32 / Raspberry Pi Pico
• • Input, Output
  • Networking

Course Structure

The course consists of two parts.

1. Phase I: Introduction to electronics and microcontroller programming. The students receive a free hardware kit in the beginning of the lecture period and familiarize themselves with electronics and microcontroller prototyping. This phase is supported by a course book. As part of this phase, the students are asked to research and present one specific topic or hardware component. Further, students are asked to complete tasks that correspond to the weekly session content. There are irregular sessions during this phase. Assistance and access to our wood workshop and electronics lab is provided during open workshop slots on Thursday (during the lecture period). Irregular mandatory sessions will be scheduled in this slot.
2. Phase II: Part of the implementation of a group project is mainly done during a 4-day prototyping workshop at Frauenlobstr. 7a. This will be organized in the lecture break (dates are announced during the learning phase).

SWH Wiki

• You can find additional information about the course and the course content here: http://sketching-with-hardware.org. We have created a number of tutorial pages (see sidebar and main page) and SWH videos. Please note that the Wiki is still under development and changes frequently. If you experience any issues, please contact us: swh ät um.ifi.lmu.de.