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DESINV23

Creative Programming & Electronics

Class 08

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

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DESINV23 - Relevant Information

Instructor: Sudhu Tewari (he/him) � ✉️: stewari@berkeley.edu

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GSI: Shm Garanganao Almeda (they/them) � ✉️: shm.almeda@berkeley.edu

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Office Hours

Sudhu: Monday 10am-12pm and by appointment

Shm: Monday, Tuesday, Friday… can be available most days if I get a heads up. �Email, Slack DM, or Calendly me!

Course Site: https://sites.google.com/berkeley.edu/desinv23spring24/

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Google Drive (Please create a folder titled with your name, and upload assignment files to your folder): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IbGyWt4XPK7kR9K-s8LbDBHyoy_F19fO

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Resubmission Policy

Present what you have during critique, and post what documentation you have to the website by the deadline.

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If you want to make improvements or changes to your project, you can re-submit later. You can also bring improved projects to future critique sessions to show us/your peers.

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If a project has already been graded, you can request a regrade.

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Jacobs Design Showcase

Wednesday, May 1st

Time TBD

Save the date - you’re presenting!

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12:10-12:40pm

  • Generative Visuals project questions? (due 3/12 (next week!!))
  • P5.js questions?

12:40-1:10pm

  • Sound Machine Project introduction (due 3/19 (in 2 weeks))
    • Sound project examples

1:10-1:30pm

  • Solenoid and Mos Module tutorial

1:30-1:40pm - ~ break ~

1:40-3pm- Work Session!

  • Use this time to sketch your ideas for a sound machine so you can begin building it
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Jbot - Teddy Bear Orchestra

& Captured by Robots

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Maywa Denki - Nonsense Machines

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Solenoid (and other electro-mechanical and magnetic) Music links

Robotic Slide Whistle Orchestrion

JBAFON

6 Solenoids on a Drumset

Solenoid Acoustic Drum Machine

Motors, Magnets, and Motion

Mechanical Techno Demonstration

Rizoma[ta] by Tuni Panea

EKHO by Tuni Panea

YEMRS by Sudhu Tewari

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Some other DESINV23 Sound Machine projects

DESINV23 Spring 2020 Sound Machine projects

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Crunch by Jenny Song

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Red Wine by Aliyah Al-Khafaji (an Environmental Econ student!)

Red Wine alternate video

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Sound Machine Video.mp4

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Using a Transistor to Control High Current Loads

Great tutorial from ITP NYU:

https://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/labs/motors-and-transistors/using-a-transistor-to-control-high-current-loads-with-an-arduino/

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MOS module + Solenoid

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You can use batteries OR a power supply

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Batteries 4x AA = 6V

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5-6V Power Supply

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Test the circuit with BLINK

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Get musical if you want to:

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Get mathematical if you want to:

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Get random if you want to:

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Have FUN with it!!!

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Homework!

Continue working on your Generative Visuals project! (Due 3/12)

Start working on your Sound Machine project! (Due 3/19)

  • Process documentation will still be expected – make sketches, gather references, and comment your code!
  • Plan & prototype! Embrace modularity (don’t try to build everything all at once - make things bit by bit and test throughout!)
  • Make copies & alternate versions! (it’s free!)
  • Have fun with it!

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Questions?

Instructor: Sudhu Tewari (he/him)

✉️: stewari@berkeley.edu

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GSI: Shm Garanganao Almeda (they/them) � ✉️: shm.almeda@berkeley.edu

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Office Hours

Sudhu: Monday 10am-12pm and by appointment (email me!)

Shm: Monday, Tuesday, Friday… can be available most days if I get a headsup. �Email, Slack DM, or Calendly me!

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Course Site: https://sites.google.com/berkeley.edu/desinv23spring24/

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Google Drive (Please create a folder titled with your name, and upload assignment files to your folder): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IbGyWt4XPK7kR9K-s8LbDBHyoy_F19fO

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