Building and Designing Interactive Devices

Catalog description

Building and Designing Interactive Devices is an introduction to Physical Computing for students interested in exploring and building alternative game controllers. Through building simple prototypes, students will learn how to use a variety of switches and sensors, how to build circuits for them, and various ways microcontrollers (like Arduino) can be used with them as well as interface with a variety of computing systems and software. We will prototype using various design lenses including form, function, accessibility, and immersion.