MPSM311 eProjects SP24

Class Content Schedule:

Jan. 22

First Day

- Introductions

- Syllabus

- MassArt Adobe Creative Cloud access

- Electricity Overview (Review)

- Intro Slides for EProjects 2 SP24

- Arduino history by Barragán

- Getting Started with Processing

- Download 01_22 code examples

- Intro to _Processing_ free online tutorial

-Examples of artists' work:

- Onyx Ashanti

- Camille Utterback

- Lina Maria Geraldo

- Some Programming Terms and Concepts
- Simple program in C
- Resistor values
- Scientific Units
- Using Breadboards
- Download Arduino IDE
- Arduino installation: Windows, Mac Os
- Download Processing
- Electronics Video Crash Course
- Electronics Glossary and Terms

Jan. 29	Week 2 -Programming Concepts: the Arduino and C
Code examples Download Board switch setup (image) Quick Electronics Review Processing reference (link on their website) Some Terms and Syntax Functions in C Loading/Linking to Libraries metaphor (Film) Schematic representation of switches
- Intro to _Processing_ free online tutorial - Code repository

Feb. 05	Week 3 -Continuing Programming Concepts
- [ Class Code Download ] - Numbers: binary and hex- [ Colins Lab video ] - Binary numbers: Explanation1 - Explanation2 - Analog interactivity: The Voltage Divider - 'Processing' Desktop programming environment
Artist Examples: ISEA Art Archive Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Border Tuner Brian Knep Camille Utterback: Text Rain Wafaa Bilal Paik- Abe Robot Minha Yang Hackaday Blog

Feb. 12	Week 4 - More programming examples
- HC_SR04 Arduino library - HC_SR04 -Ping- distance sensor code - 2_12 class code download - Binary numbers video - Online ASCII code translator - How to render Processing Sketch as a video - Adafruit Circuit Playground - Video intro to Circuit Playground
- Arduino Projects on Instructables - "Spiral Animations" Processing tutorial Code Code_edit

Feb. 19	Week 5
"President's Day" (no Classes)
- Pd_Start_code - Adafruit NeoPixel Ring - Scaling analog data - Arduino Projects on Instructables - "OpenProcessing.org" code/idea sharing project

Feb. 26	Week 6 - Interactivity Project
- class [Code Download] - analog light sensor - "Knock" Sensor board setup - Ping Distance Sensor board setup [Image 1] [Image 2] - Serial Interactivity example - The Voltage Divider - P5.JS - Video intro to Circuit Playground - Intro to Dataflow Programming with PureData (pd) and Max
- SN754410 Motor Driver Chip circuit - Circuit Playground Bike Signal Project - pd Install Notes - Notes on Pd etc. (from Fred) - Excellent pd video tutorials - Also Excellent pd video tutorials

Mar. 04	Week 7 -Spring Break
"Spring Break" (No Classes) [ Code examples for various playing with interactivity ]
- pd Install Notes - Intro to pd

Mar. 11	Week 8 - Interactivity and Flow Control Programming and Visiting Artist
- Water Metaphor, Cartoon and Potential energy - The voltage divider - Object-Oriented Programming - 3_11_Class_code.zip - RGB_LED_Fade_refactored - Max Code Examples - Additional Max Code - Max Intro Tutorial (video)
- W.E.B. DuBois premonition of VR - pd online Manual - Intro to pd - Rafael Hernandez pd Tutorials with Notes from Fred

Mar. 18	Week 9 - Programming Environment Comparison
-Object Oriented (OOP) examples [Download] -Object Oriented overview -OOP tutorial -Class-Code [Download] -Pd (puredata) building blocks -Max: Sound reactive 3D mesh -Collection of Max patches from Fred -Processing and text-based vs. Flow Control
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Mar. 25	Week 10 - OSC and Visitng Artist: Ramon Castillo
- Onyx Ashanti TEDxBerlin and his Winter 2020 projects and Instagram feed - Video Introduction to OSC - OSC code for 3_25 [ download .zip ] - ReacTable DJ demo - TUIO Clients [ .zip download ] - OSC control : cell phone apps - Ramon Castillo Autumn Ate Everything
Performance technology

Apr. 01	Week 11 - Introduction to Data Visualization
-Download Code for April 1 -'Patatap' web synaesthesia -Structured Data formats: HTML, XML, JSON, .csv, .tsv -P5.js Development -Rosling World Health visualization -Beautiful visualizations -Air Traffic Visualization -Wealth Distribution Animation -C02 Sphere visualization -API examples: NYTimes - Instagram
-Notes on Project Descriptions

Apr. 08	Week 12 - Continuing Visualization: Complexity and Chaos and OOP
- Code examples for chaos [.zip] - Complexity_Chaos Visualization (slides/.pdf) - Complexity and Determinism (animation) - Chaotic Motion: Double Pendulum - Chaos and Strange Attractors - Melanie Mitchell: Complexity and A.I.
This Equation Will Change How You See the World Complexity Working with Objects Trey Duvall kinetic art

Apr. 15	Week 13
"Patriot's Day" (no Classes)
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Apr. 22	Week 14 -Project Descriptions, A.I. and Visiting Artist
-Daniel Sabio "Glad Scientist" - Instagram -Project Descriptions Due -Sellarc Document1 - Chris Janney Installations -Zimoun -Media Lab Projects -A. I. Review and work day - Neural Networks introduction - Weizenbaum's Eliza (old A.I.) - Generative Art - Rules-based example code - Download example
-Notes on Project Descriptions

Apr. 29	Week 15 - In-class work day
- May Day history - In-Class work day
Artificial Intelligence - Online Courseware (non-free) for learning programming: - Kadenze : Creative tech coursework - Coursera - Udemy: Game development

May 06	Week 16
- Final Project Presentations - Curriculum Review (.pdf)
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(Classes end May. 6th.)