Welcome to the ProtoLab Wiki.

This wiki is a repository of information about physical computing and prototyping maintained by the Stanford HCI Group.

Getting Started

Instructions on how to start using Exemplar and physical computing hardware quickly

• Get Started

Stanford Prototyping Tutorials (CS247, E231)

• Software:
  • E231 (Transformative Design):
    • Install Processing
    • Reference for Arduino Processing Library
  • CS247 (HCI Design Studio):
    • Install Flash Libraries (Arduino2Flash workaround)
    • Reference for as3glue library
• Hardware: Arduino Kit
• Motivating Examples
• Tutorial Projects
  • Discrete I/O: Working with Buttons and LEDs
  • Analog Sensors
  • Motors: Moving things around
  • Putting It All Together
• Skills
  • Breadboarding
  • Crimping
  • Soldering
• Theory
  • All you need to know about Electronics in 5 minutes
  • VoltageDividers
• Tutorial References from around the web
• Going Further - getting ideas and improving your project
• Internals: Tutorial Outline

Prototyping Software written at the Stanford HCI Group

d.tools

• d.tools homepage at hci.stanford.edu
• DtoolsFAQ

Exemplar

• Introduction - start here to get an overview of the project
• Installation instructions for our Exemplar software
• Input and Output - How to get data in and out of Exemplar
  • Setting up ExemplarWithWiTilt
  • ExemplarAndTheMakeController
• Troubleshooting How to test your setup if things are not working right
• ExemplarFAQ
• Exemplar homepage at hci.stanford.edu

Misc

• Protocols - communication protocols and conventions we're using

Hardware

• ConnectORama - information on all kinds of connectors
• Instructions on how to connect various sensors and other inputs to d.tools:
  • Step-by-step instructions for connecting ADXL3xx Accelerometers to d.tools
  • Using Rotary Encoders

• WiTilt - Sparkfun's wireless accelerometer module

Infrastructure:

• Basic Rules for working in the iRoom
• Soldering irons in the iRoom
• Capturing the iRoom Whiteboard

Under Construction

Things we're working on at the moment:

• Cross-platform serial communication in Java with the RxTx library: RxTxOSX (in progress)
• Arduino support:
  • Firmata Extensions / Pduino (test of Pduino and Pd)
  • Instructions for Upgrading ATmega8 to ATmega168 on old Arduino boards
  • Juxtapose4Arduino: Adding real-time variable inspection to Arduino programs
  • FirmataAndFlash
  • ProcessingInEclipse
• Wiring Support
  • Instructions for Compiling a Wiring file by hand

• Actuators:
  • StepperMotors
  • ActuatedProjects - A list of projects that use motors, solenoids, etc. as an integral part.

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