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Technologies for Design

An early sample, model, or release of a product built to test a concept or process; it is utilized across various contexts such as design, electronics, and software programming.

It serves to evaluate new designs, providing specifications for a working system rather than merely a theoretical one.

The term can also refer to a typical example of something, aiding in the identification of accepted norms akin to stereotypes and archetypes.

Blackwell, A. H.; Manar, E., eds. (2015).

The course explores the basics of hardware and software for IxD, moving from a hardware hacking approach: by disassembling, hacking and re- assembling an industrial product, students will be guided to envision new behaviors and interaction mechanics as well as to master microcontrollers, sensors, actuators.

The main hardware architectures used in the course is centered on programmable microcontrollers interacting with sensors, actuators and other systems. The course provides programming concepts essential to implement interactions and IoT connectivity.

Structured as a mix of lectures and hands-on activities, the course strongly relies on a learning-by-doing approach, helping students to directly apply and test the acquired knowledge step-by-step.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

You will learn to create a prototype that uses electronic boards (Arduino, Micro:Bit…), sensors and actuators (LEDs, motors…), functional prototypes of mobile applications or software, and to connect them with each other.

WHAT SOFTWARE YOU WILL LEARN TO USE

You will learn to use the Arduino board and its IDE to program your digital prototypes in C, and to connect them with app prototypes created with Protopie Studio. You will use Figma for UI creation and Protopie Connect for connecting hardware and software.