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What is a Raspberry Pi?

Raspberry Pi

What is Raspberry Pi? Raspberry Pi is a series of small single-board computers. The Raspberry Pi project originally leaned towards the promotion of teaching basic computer science in schools and developing countries. It is w ...idely used in many areas because of its low cost...

Python and Art

Python for Beginners

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 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...

Workshop exercise: Clone, commit, pull, push

Games Workshop: Version Control for Games Design

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...

Steam VR setup Tutorial #3 - Interactable object setup

VR tutorials - Unity HTC VIVE Tutorials

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 ...

Creating a GitHub Account

Version Control

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 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 ...

Course

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 (Electroencephalography) sensors to detect electrical activity in the brain. The NeuroSky chip processes ...these brain signals and translates them into digital data, whic...

How to use a Rotary Encoder Button

Physical Computing Tutorials

What is a Rotary Encoder Button? A rotary encoder button is an input device that combines: a Rotary encoder — to detect rotational direction (clockwise/countercl ...ockwise) and steps and a Push button — to detect when th ...essed down. This component is smaller in size and significantly c...

Using a Vibration Motor

Physical Computing Tutorials

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...

How to connect a Push Button with Digital Input Pull-Up resistor

Physical Computing Tutorials

What is Digital Input Pull-Up resistor? In Arduino, a Digital Input Pull-Up Resistor is an internal resistor that you can enable on digital input pins to ensure a known default voltage level (HIGH) when the pin is ...not actively connected to anything (i...

How to send data to Processing from Arduino

Physical Computing Tutorials

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

Unreal Engine Basics Creating Virtual Worlds

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 Sparkfun Sound Detector

Physical Computing Tutorials

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...

Using a Membrane Potentiometer (SoftPot)

Physical Computing Tutorials

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

Physical Computing Tutorials

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...

"Hello, World!" in Node.js

Creative Coding Tutorials

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...

Creating a Landscape

Unreal Engine Basics Creating Virtual Worlds

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. ...

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 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....

How to control Raspberry Pi Pico via Wifi

Raspberry Pi Tutorials

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...