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Using an MFRC522 RFID reader

Physical Computing Tutorials

What is an MFRC522 RFID reader RFID means radio-frequency identification. RFID uses electromagnet...

Updated 2 days ago by Joanne Leung

Using Arduino Leonardo to send USB MIDI data

Physical Computing Tutorials

One of the secrets of Arduino Leonardo is the in-built USB MIDI support. This is really useful fo...

Updated 2 days ago by Joanne Leung

How to send data to Processing from Arduino

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What is the Serial Communication? Serial communication is the process of sending data one bit at ...

Updated 2 days ago by Joanne Leung

Making a Capacitive Touch Sensor

Physical Computing Tutorials

What is Capacitive Touch Sensing? Simply put, it is the touch sensing of all conductive materials...

Updated 2 days ago by Joanne Leung

Using a Soil Moisture Sensor

Physical Computing Tutorials

What is a Soil Moisture Sensor? The Soil Moisture Sensor measures soil moisture grace to the chan...

Updated 2 days ago by Joanne Leung

Using L293D IC for motors

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What is L293D? The L293D is a 16-pin Motor Driver IC which can control a set of two DC motors sim...

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Using a Force Sensor

Physical Computing Tutorials

What is a Force Sensor? The Force Sensor senses the resistance value depending on how much it has...

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How to use DFPlayer mini to play MP3

Physical Computing Tutorials

What is a DFPlayer? 11/2024 Update A new library added below. For people trying to avoid delay()...

Updated 2 days ago by Joanne Leung

How to control Arduino without using delay()

Physical Computing Tutorials

What is a delay()? We have a tutorial about delay() and how to code without using it. Here we wil...

Updated 2 days ago by Joanne Leung

Controlling an actuator with a N-channel Mosfet

Physical Computing Tutorials

What is Mosfet? A MOSFET (Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor) is a type of transis...

Updated 6 days ago by Joanne Leung

Controlling an actuator with TinkerKit Mosfet

Physical Computing Tutorials

What is the TinkerKit Mosfet? The TinkerKit Mosfet is a simple module for controlling devices lik...

Updated 6 days ago by Joanne Leung

DFRobot Sensor Testing: HX711 Weight Sensor, Voice Recorder Module Pro, Speech Synthesis Module V2

Physical Computing Tutorials

We tested a few DFRobot sensors by following their tutorials. Before you jump into using these se...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Joanne Leung

How to use a rotary encoder

Physical Computing Tutorials

What is a rotary encoder? A rotary encoder is an electromechanical device that converts the angul...

Updated 3 weeks ago by Joanne Leung

Using AVR ISP MKII to upload firmware to Arduino

Physical Computing Tutorials

What is AVR ISP MKII? The AVRISP mkII is a USB-based In-System Programmer (ISP) used to program A...

Updated 1 month ago by Joanne Leung

How to use MatrixPortal M4

Physical Computing Tutorials

What is MatrixPortal M4 The MatrixPortal M4 is a development board created by Adafruit designed t...

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Using MatrixPortal M4 for animation

Physical Computing Tutorials

How to use MatrixPortal M4 for animation We have another tutorial for setting up the MatrixPortal...

Updated 1 month ago by Joanne Leung

When is the Creative Technology Lab open?

About the Lab Frequently Asked Questions

The Creative Technology Lab is open at the following times: Monday to Friday 10:00 – 13:00 13:00 ...

Updated 1 month ago by Joanne Leung

Getting started with the OAK-D camera in Touchdesigner

Touchdesigner Interactive Media

The OAK-D Pro camera is an IR depth camera compatible with both Mac and Windows, making it a grea...

Updated 1 month ago by Marta Ilacqua

Interactive Projections

Projection Mapping

If you're interested in creating position-based interactive projections, the first step would be ...

Updated 1 month ago by Marta Ilacqua

Setting up Kinect in Touchdesigner

Touchdesigner Interactive Media

External sensors can help us integrate 3D notions such as depth within our graphics. In this tuto...

Updated 1 month ago by Marta Ilacqua