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Touch sensor - Using an CAP1188
What is the CAP1188? The CAP1188 is an easy-to-use 8-channel capacitive touch sensor breakout board. This chip can handle up to 8 individual touch pads, it will light up the 8 onboard LEDs when the matching touch sensor fires to hel ...u debug your sensor setup. The CAP1188 has support for both I2C a...
Steam VR setup Tutorial #3 - Interactable object setup
Aims This tutorial aims to get you started creating objects that you can interact with using your HTC VIVE cont ...rollers (Using Steam VR 2.2 plugin). Please notice that this is part of a series of tutorials progressing from basic concepts to more functional ...
Workshop exercise: Clone, commit, pull, push
Getting started Step 1: Get yourself on Gi ...thub! Go to https://github.com/ and make yourself an accouaccount, if you don't already have one. Step 2: Click HERE and leave a comment on the issue (include y ...our name so I know who you are, please). This is just so I k...
Creating a GitHub Account
How to hack a brainwave EEG toy - Force Trainer II
What is a NeuroSky Brainwave? NeuroSky Brainwave is a technology that uses EEG (Electroencephalography) sensors to detect electrical activity in the brain. The NeuroSky chip processes ...these brain signals and translates them into digital data, whic...
Understanding Arduino hardware
In the kit, you will find an Arduino and two USB cables (USBC or USBA, pick the one that fits your computer). 1. Micro ... USB Port Connect the Arduino with your computer using ...the USB cable, you will see the yellowish ... 2. RESET Button It is not the factory reset button than you may ...
Using a Vibration Motor
What is a vibration motor? Vibration motor is a DC motor in a compact size that is used to inform the users by ... vibrating on receiving signals. It is commonly found inside a mobile phone. The one that is available in the lab is coin vibration motor. It r...
Using a Sparkfun Sound Detector
What is the Sound Detector? The Sou ...nd Detector is a board made by Sparkfun electronics that provides a way to detect ambient sound levels. There are three connections on the board: Audio - This is the raw audio from the microphone. Envel ...ope - This is a analog value representing the v...
How to send data to Processing from Arduino
What is the Serial Communication? Serial communication is the process of sending data one bit at a time, sequentially, over a communication channel or computer bus. Simply put ..., serial communication is the communication between two or more compute...
Using Quixel Materials
This is a multi-part tutorial on creating virtual worls in Unreal Engine. This tutorial assumes you have a basic understanding of 3D work but no prior ex ...perience is necessary. Please contact the Creative Technology Lab for questions or assistance. ...
Using a Membrane Potentiometer (SoftPot)
What is a Membrane Potentiometer? A Membrane Potentiometer is a type of position sensor that measures displacement or angle by detecting changes in electrical resistance. It consists of a flexible membrane with resistive and conductive layers that slide ...
Using an MFRC522 RFID reader
What is an MFRC522 RFID reader RFID means radio-frequency identification. RFID uses electromagnetic fields to transfer data over short distances. RFID is useful to identify ... people, to make transactions, etc… You can use an RFID system to open a d...
Creating a Landscape
This is a multi-part tutorial on creating virtual worls in Unreal Engine. This tutorial assumes you have a basic understanding of 3D work but no prior ex ...perience is necessary. Please contact the Creative Technology Lab for questions or assistance. ...
"Hello, World!" in Node.js
Introduction The first program most people write when learning a new programming language is one form or another of the infamousamous "Hello, World!". Preparationation What yoat you'll need to know To follow ... this tutorial you should be familiar with the basics of the co...
Understanding Arduino software
1. Download the software Go the the official site and dowaload the 1.8.XX version! The latest version, 2.3.X, is not curr ...ently supported by all third-party development, so you may encounter unexpected errors. F ...or the time being, please stick with the older version....
Using a Sparkfun MP3 Trigger
What is the MP3 Trigger? The MP3 tr ...igger is a board made by Sparkfun electronics that provides a way to play MP3 files from a Micro SD card via either one of 18 TRIG inputs on ... the board, or serial communication with the board. The MP3 Trigger has a headph...
How to control Raspberry Pi Pico via Wifi
What is Wifi WiFi, short for Wirele ...ss Fidelity, is a technology that enables devices like smartphones, laptops, and other electronic gadgets to connect to the internet ... or communicate with each other without the need for ph ...ysical cables. It operates by using r...
How to connect a Light Dependent Resistor (LDR)
What is an LDR? An LDR or Light Dependent Resisto ...r is a component which restricts how m ...uch power can flow through a circuit based on how much or little light ...hits the sensitive part on the top. To use a Light Dependent Resistor, we have to use it in combination with...
Steam VR setup Tutorial #1 - Player camera setup
Aims This tutorial aims to get you started using Unity and HTC VIVE HDM (Head Mounted Display) Using Steam VR 2.2 plugin. Please notice that this is the first of a series of tutorials focused on enabling the use of HTC VIVE device ...s, each tutorial will build on top of...
How to Configure a Raspberry Pi for the first time
Once your Raspberry Pi is imaged, it is ready to go! We have a more detailed tutorial for imaging the Pi. Now we can move on to configuration when you turn on your Pi fo ...he first time. 1. Power up the Raspberry Pi When you plug in the ...power supply and all other equipment you need,...