Creative Programming and Beyond

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Please bring a laptop with you to the class. PC (Windows) is preferred.
Please bring with you the power adapter for your laptop.
Before you come to the first lecture, please install the following software packages to your laptop:
- Download the Processing programming environment. Or go to the Processing website, download the latest stable release from there. Do not download the version "without java" or the beta versions.
- download and install Arduino software: http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software. It would be convenient if Arduino is installed at the same place you installed Processing.
Bring your Arduino starter kit to the class. Here is an example of the starter kit. You can also bring your own starter kit, but your kit shall include at least the following:
- Arduino board
- USB cable
- two push buttons
- a bread board
- a 10K ohm resistor
- a light sensor (LDR or Light Dependent Resistor)
- a few color leds
- a few jumper wires

Contents

1. Day 1: Serial Communication between Processing and Arduino

Methods
- Using the Serial library
- Using Firmata
Introduction: CreativeProgrammingAndBeyond.pdf
Serial Communication: SerialCommunication.pdf
Exercises:
- Try to implement the examples from Arduino meets processing from K3, malmoe to create graphics from digital and analog sensor input.

Presentation: Network.pdf
Examples: ClientServerExamples.zip
Exercises:
- Continue the exercises from Day 1. This time try to get the digital and analog sensor input from the arduino connected to one computer, and create the graphics on another computer.

Download and install EEML library in Processing.
Presentation: IoT.pdf
Examples: PachubeExamples.zip
- Continue the exercises from Day 2. This time try to get the digital and analog sensor input from arduino, push it to Pachube(COSM). On the same computer, create graphics by pulling data from Pachube(COSM).

Computer vision (movement detection) using Myron
- Library: JMyron (WebCamXtra), or JMyron.zip
- If the camera image is mirrored and you can not adjust it from the settings of the camera, you might need ManyCam Virtual Webcam.
Invited Speaker: Sam Nemeth
- Sam Nemeth studied Film and Television at University of Amsterdam. He worked as a video maker for video collective Staats-TV Rabotnik, for the educational department of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and Dutch national tv. He was editor of the Dutch AV magazine Skrien. Sam held several functions at medialab Waag Society in Amsterdam and specializes in arts and technology and game development. Aside from this he works as a free-lance documentary maker and writing journalist. Sam Nemeth is currently lecturer/coach at Eindhoven University of Technology. He lives in Amsterdam.
- His talk will be about "Arts and Complexity".
Exercises:
- Try to create graphics on a computer based on the computer vision input from another computer, either using a Client/Server structure, or over Pachube(COSM).