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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...

Updated 2 months ago by Joanne Leung

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...

Updated 2 months ago by Joanne Leung

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 months ago by Joanne Leung

Using a Membrane Potentiometer (SoftPot)

Physical Computing Tutorials

What is a Membrane Potentiometer? A Membrane Potentiometer is a type of position sensor that meas...

Updated 2 months ago by Joanne Leung

Using an PN532 RFID reader

Physical Computing Tutorials

What is the difference between an PN532 RFID reader and an MFRC522 RFID reader The PN532 and MFRC...

Updated 2 months ago by Joanne Leung

How to hack a brainwave EEG toy - Force Trainer II

Physical Computing Tutorials

What is a NeuroSky Brainwave? NeuroSky Brainwave is a technology that uses EEG (Electroencephalog...

Updated 3 months ago by Joanne Leung

(MAC) How to use Phomemo Thermal Printer M834

Physical Computing Tutorials

What is Phomemo Thermal Printer M834? Phomemo M834 thermal portable printer that can print black ...

Updated 3 months ago by Joanne Leung

Depth Camera for Mac Users: Setting Up the OAK-D Pro in TouchDesigner

Touchdesigner Interactive Media

If you've worked with TouchDesigner before you would have surely stumbled across some Kinect tuto...

Updated 4 months ago by Marta Ilacqua

Physical Computing Components List

Physical Computing

How to borrow components from CTH? Please discuss which components you would like to use with ...

Updated 5 months 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 5 months 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 5 months 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 5 months 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 5 months ago by Joanne Leung

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 5 months 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...

Updated 5 months ago by Joanne Leung

How to use Grove Serial Bluetooth v3.0

Physical Computing Tutorials

What is Grove Serial Bluetooth v3.0 Grove - Serial Bluetooth is an easy-to-use module compatible ...

Updated 5 months ago by Joanne Leung

Machine Learning with Physical Computing - TensorFlow Lite & Arduino Nano 33

Physical Computing

What is TensorFlow? TensorFlow is an open-source machine learning framework developed by Google. ...

Updated 5 months ago by Joanne Leung

Using a Monochrome 1.3" 128x64 OLED display

Physical Computing Tutorials

What is the OLED monochrome display? The OLED monochrome display is a small (tiny) and high-reada...

Updated 5 months ago by Joanne Leung

How to use a relay module

Physical Computing Tutorials

What is relay? A relay is a switch that opens or closes electrical circuits when activated by a s...

Updated 5 months ago by Joanne Leung

Using the MAX9814 mic amplifier

Physical Computing Tutorials

This Adafruit MAX9814 microphone amplifier allows you to easily detect sound.  There are a total...

Updated 5 months ago by Marta Ilacqua