Reference Guide

This is the reference guide for the IDeATe Kinetic Fabrics course, containing tutorials, exercises, sample code, libraries, and other resources.

Contents

• Course Resources
  • Course Materials List
  • Visual Materials Guide
  • CircuitPython Guide
  • Python 3 Installation
  • IDeATe Facilities
  • IDeATe Laser Cutter Guide
  • SolidWorks Overview
  • Max/MSP Visual Programming
• Hardware
  • Impulse-Sealing Plastic Pneumatic Actuators
  • Adafruit Circuit Playground Bluefruit
  • Adafruit Crickit for Circuit Playground Bluefruit
  • Hand-Operated Mechanisms Kit
  • Servo-Driven Syringe Pump
  • DC Motor Pump Guide
  • Pneumatic Stations
  • Iron-Sealing Plastic Pneumatic Actuators
  • Laser Welding Plastic Pneumatic Actuators
  • CNC Arduino Shield
  • Mini-Maestro Servo Interface
  • DMX Lighting
  • Stepper Capstan Winches
• Sample CircuitPython Code
  • Introductory Examples - Adafruit Circuit Playground Bluefruit
  • Introductory Examples - Adafruit Crickit with CPB
  • Quick Reference Guide - Adafruit Circuit Playground Bluefruit
  • Quick Reference Guide - Adafruit Crickit with CPB
  • Motor Pump Examples - Adafruit Crickit with CPB
  • Audio Examples - Adafruit Circuit Playground Bluefruit
  • Soft Sensing Examples - Adafruit Circuit Playground Bluefruit
  • Hobby Servo Examples - Adafruit Circuit Playground Bluefruit
  • Ticklish Device Example - Adafruit Circuit Playground Bluefruit
  • Bluetooth Sensor Capture - Adafruit Circuit Playground Bluefruit
  • Remote Connection Examples - Adafruit Circuit Playground Bluefruit
  • Motor Pump Examples - Adafruit Circuit Playground Bluefruit
  • Program Structure - CircuitPython
• Sample Python Code
  • Serial-MQTT Bridge (console)
  • Arduino-MQTT Bridge (PyQt5)
  • MQTT Monitor (PyQt5)
• Sample Arduino Code
  • StepperWinch Arduino Sketch
  • ValveControl Arduino Sketch
• Reference Resources
  • Online Resources
  • List of Articles to Review
• Videos of Related Work
  • Alex Schweder
  • And So Say All of Us
  • Ann Hamilton
  • Anouk Wipprecht
  • Bill T Jones
  • Brothers Quay
  • Casey Curran
  • Chico MacMurtrie
  • Cirque du Soleil
  • Expeditionary Robotics Lab
  • Hans Haacke
  • Harikrishnan
  • Iris Van Herpen
  • Jim Henson
  • Joo Youn Paek
  • Loie Fuller
  • Roel Wouters & Luna Maurer
  • MIT Tangible Media Group
  • Merce Cunningham
  • NEFFA
  • Pat Oleszko
  • Royal Opera House
  • Tim Hawkinson
  • Trisha Brown
  • Ying Gao
  • Stanford University, charmlab
  • Hand-Cranked Inspirations
  • Unsorted Videos to Review
  • Video Themes
• Bibliography (S23)
  • Actuators
  • Heat-Welded Structures
  • Origami-Inspired
  • Inflatables
  • References

• File Archives

  • zip files for downloading technical resources

  • CircuitPython sources for individual examples

  • Python sources for individual examples

  • Arduino sources for individual examples

  • Max patches for individual examples

  • SolidWorks CAD files for reference machine designs

• Search Page

• Index