Category Archives: Physical Computing

Physical Computing – Assignment 3

By Ryan | Published September 28, 2009

We were provided the following schematics for in-class completion, which were Basic Monostable and Astable Circuits using a 556 IC:

Here is a video demonstration of the schematic that I did:

Were were then provided the following schematic to complete for homework, which was a Toy Organ:

Here is a vimeo clip of me demonstrating the finished Toy Organ schematic:

We were also provided 3 additional schematics which could be completed for extra credit.  The schematics were a Basic Oscillator, a Voltage-Controlled Oscillator, and a Sound Effects Generator:

Here are video examples I did of each:

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Physical Computing – Assignment 2

By Ryan | Published September 19, 2009

We were provided the following 3 schematics to do for homework:

Here is a video of me demonstrating these 3 assignments:

We were also asked to draw our own schematic that incorporates a light to voltage converter and a transistor (I used a NPN) and then build that schematic.  Here is the schematic I put together:

And here is a video demonstration of that schematic:

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