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Using Smartphont to Read NFD tag

Physical Computing Tutorials

What is NFC? NFC (Near Field Communication) is a short-range wireless technology that allows two ...

Updated 1 day ago by Joanne Leung

Touch sensor - Using an CAP1188

Physical Computing Tutorials

What is the CAP1188? The CAP1188 is an easy-to-use 8-channel capacitive touch sensor breakout boa...

Updated 1 day ago by Joanne Leung

How to use a Bare Conductive Touch Board with Arduino

Physical Computing Tutorials

What is the Bare Conductive Touch Board? The Bare Conductive Touch Board is a board made by Bare ...

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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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Touch sensor - with No Sensor!

Physical Computing Tutorials

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

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Touch sensor - Using an MPR121

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What is the MPR121? The MPR121 is a tiny microchip formerly manufactured by NXP, now under Resurg...

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Making a Force Sensor/ a Button with Velostat & Conductive Fabric

Physical Computing Tutorials

What is a Velostat and Conductive Fabric? Velostat (a.k.a. Linqstat) is a thin, flexible, pressur...

Updated 1 day ago by Joanne Leung

How to do Basic Commands in Terminal

Raspberry Pi Tutorials

Raspberry Pi Terminal Command Cheat Sheet Command Description ...

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How to use Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3

Raspberry Pi Tutorials

What is Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3? This tutorial will walk you through setting up and using th...

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How to send files to Raspberry Pi using SSH

Raspberry Pi Tutorials

What is SSH? SSH stands for Secure Shell — it’s a network protocol that lets you securely log in ...

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How to set the sound output in Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi Tutorials

Audio Setting Most Raspberry Pis have a 3.5mm audio jack for outputting audio, but you can also o...

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How to use Waveshare E-Paper Display with Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi Tutorials

What is a Waveshare E-Paper Display? A Waveshare E-Paper Display is an electronic ink (e-ink) scr...

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How to Display Animation on Waveshare E-Paper Display

Raspberry Pi Tutorials

How to use Waveshare E-Paper Display? Please follow the previous tutorial for setting up the basi...

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Using the Bantam Tools NextDraw Pen Plotter

Bantam Tools NextDraw

The Bantam Tools NextDraw is a pen-plotter designed for precise drawing on various materials usin...

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Combining codes & circuits

Physical Computing Workshop: Beginner Physical Computing

1. Combining the Code Arduino can only accept one code at one time. If we want it to do multiple ...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Joanne Leung

Using built-in example code and Reading the hookup diagram

Physical Computing Workshop: Beginner Physical Computing

1. Upload example code Open a built-in example, Blink, and upload the code. 2. Blinking Orange L...

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Introduction

Physical Computing Workshop: Beginner Physical Computing

This chapter is designed for complete beginners who are new to working with physical computing an...

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Understanding Arduino software

Physical Computing Workshop: Beginner Physical Computing

1. Download the software Go the the official site and dowaload the 1.8.XX version! The latest ver...

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Understanding Arduino hardware

Physical Computing Workshop: Beginner Physical Computing

In the kit, you will find an Arduino and two USB cables (USBC or USBA, pick the one that fits you...

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Using a HC-SR04 distance sensor

Physical Computing Tutorials

What is the HC-SR04? The HC-SR04 is a ultrasonic distance sensor, it uses ultrasound to send out ...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Joanne Leung