Build a better digital music player—yourself!

Description

This course provides an introduction to the human-centered and technical workings behind interactive devices ranging from cell phones and video controllers to household appliances and smart cars. This is a hands-on, lab-based course; there will be no midterm or final. For the final project, students will build a working MP3 player prototype of their own design, using embedded microcontrollers, digital audio decoders and component sensors and other electronic hardware. Topics include electronics prototyping, interface prototyping, sensors and actuators, microcontroller development, physical prototyping and user testing.

Class Text

Scherz, Paul. Practical Electronics for Inventors, 2nd ed. 2006

Syllabus

Lectures

Labs

(Homework) Assignments

New! Pinout Guide

Final Project

And last but not least: Maker of Arduino!!!

Here is a picture of some of Spring 2011's class with Massimo Banzi (second from left), the maker of Arduino, who chatted with students about upcoming Arduino works.