| Event | Kimia | Sasha | ||
| Monday | May 20 | 9:30 – 11:30am 3:30 – 5:30 |
9:30 – 11:30am | |
| Tuesday | May 21 | 9:30 am -11:30 3pm – 5:30pm | ||
| Wednesday | May 22 | 9:30 – 11:30am 3:30 – 5:30 |
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| Thursday | May 23 | 9:30 – 1pm | ||
| Friday | May 24 | |||
| Saturday | May 25 | |||
| Sunday | May 26 | |||
| Monday | May 27 | No Class | ||
| Tuesday | May 28 | 9:30 am – 5:30pm | ||
| Wednesday | May 29 | Joseph Becker – DO NOT MISS! | 9:30 – 11:30am 4pm – 6pm |
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| Thursday | May 30 | 3:30 – 6pm | 1pm – 7pm | |
| Friday | May 31 | 2pm- 4:30pm | ||
| Saturday | June 1 | |||
| Sunday | June 2 | |||
| Monday | June 3 | Dress Rehearsal Everything should be working |
4pm – ?? | 9:30 – 1:30 pm |
| Tuesday | June 4 | 12:30 pm – 2:30pm | 9:30 am – 11pm | |
| Wednesday | June 5 | Final Presentations!! | ||
WEEK 1 – OVERVIEW, ARDUINO, ELECTRONICS
Monday 4/1: Intros, Class Overview, Signal Flow-chain, Examples, Sketching exercises
Wednesday 4/3: • Background and Intro To Microcontrollers, Arduino and Teensy Platforms, Sensors Lecture 1
Lab 1 (Due 4/8): Hands on Lab 1: Button In, MIDI out
Homework 1 (Due 4/8): Broad Survey (different from the in class one), Electronics Quiz With Answers, PRL Safety Class
Reading 1 (Due 4/8): Thor Magnusson Sonic Writings, New Instruments, Reading 1 Response Form
WEEK 2 – MAX/MSP, SENSORS
Monday 4/8: Sensor Brainstorm, Max/MSP Lecture 1
Wednesday 4/10: Sensor Lecture 2, Gestures – discrete vs continuous, Serial communication, Scaling and filtering data in Max and/or in Arduino, Interaction Design Sketchbook
Lab 2 (Due 4/15): Hands on Lab 2: Knob In, MIDI CC Data out – With Corrections,
Homework 1 (Due 4/15):Button/Knob Sketch (Did it in Class)
Reading 1 (Due 4/15): Verplank: Interaction Design Sketchbook
WEEK 3 –
Monday 4/15: Max MSP Lecture 2, Sensor Lecture 3, Alternative outputs, Teensy Audio Library, Alternative Boards
Wednesday 4/17: Concepts and Examples, Building Access Max In a Nutshell, Challenge Patch
Lab 3 (Due 4/22): Lab 3: Mapping Strategies, Soldering
Homework 3 (Due 4/22: Sketch 10 ideas.
Reading 3 (Due 4/22): Mapping Strategies
WEEK 4 – SHARE IDEAS, SOUND DESIGN
Monday 4/22: Max/MSP Sound Design
Wednesday 4/10: Present ideas to the class
Lab 4 (Due 4/15): Max/MSP Sound Design
Homework 4 (Due 5/1): Research 3 ideas
Reading 4 (Due 4/15): Liveness, Reading Response
WEEK 5 – FORM GROUPS, ROBUSTNESS
Monday 4/29: Materials for Makers Lecture, Sourcing Parts and Materials.
Wednesday 5/1: Present research into 3 ideas
Form Groups, Start Prototyping
Lab 5 (Due 5/6): Office Hours – no lab.
Homework 6 (Due 5/8): Plan 1 Idea
Reading 5 (Due 5/6): Design Space, Reading Response 5
WEEK 6 – ROBUSTNESS AND PLANNING
Monday 5/6: Digital Fabrication, Physical Interconnects, Max for Live,
Wednesday 5/8: Guest Lecture
Homework/Lab : Tuesday or Thursday Check-in with Sasha,
Optional Lab: Digital Fabrication
Optional Lab: Teensy Audio, Teensy Audio Faust
WEEK 7 – WORK ON PROJECTS, GUEST LECTURE
Monday 5/13: Kimia Lecture on her own work and Aesthetics in Design.
Wednesday 5/15: Work and Feedback on Projects
Homework 6 (Due 5/22): Proof of Concept
WEEK 8 – WORK ON PROJECTS, GUEST LECTURE
Monday 5/20: Guest Lecture
Wednesday 5/22: Work and Feedback on Projects
Homework 8 (Due 5/27): 5 snapshots of work in progress
WEEK 9 – FINALISE PROJECTS
Monday 5/27: Memorial Day – No Class
Wednesday 5/29: Guest Lecture – Joseph Becker
Set documentation and cleanup times
WEEK 10 – PRESENT PROJECTS
Monday 6/3: Dress Rehearsal
Wednesday 6/5: Final Presentations!!
Wrap up, Clean up, Mandatory documentation sessions