Prototyping Physical User Interfaces

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Short Course
Prototyping Physical User Interface
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IT-University, Gothenburg, September 2003

by Albrecht Schmidt, University of Munich

The lectures where presented as a part of the "Intelligent Products" course held by Lars Erik Holmquist.

Course Content (Slides in HTML or PDF)

bulletComputing Trends
bulletComputers & User Interfaces
bulletUbiquitous Computing
bulletContext-Awareness
bulletImplicit Interaction
bulletBreaking UI conventions
bulletNature and Value of Prototyping
bulletPrevious Projects & Lessons learned
bulletSmart-Its Basics
bulletMaking Things Smart
bulletSensors readings - Approaches and Issues
bulletSmart-Its Hardware
bulletSmart-Its Software
bulletExamples of Smart-its use
bulletWrap up & Conclusions

 

Exercise "Making Things Smart"

bulletSmart-Its enhanced lamp
bulletResults of the exercise

 

Software used

bulletSmart-Its PIC Software
Sensor node and receiver
bulletWebserver
reads from the Smart-its receiver and provides the information via HTTP

 

Eagle Example

bulletEagle files - example of a simple AddOn in custom shape