Arduino workshop: sensors and sounds

- Connect basic sensors to Arduino
- Understand and describe the basic electronics used in working with Arduino
- Upload project code to Arduino
- Modify and write basic Arduino code
- Use Max/MSP to read sensor signals from Arduino
- Control basic motors with Arduino using Max/MSP
- Apply sensor signals to musical parameters in Max/MSP
- Describe how Max/MSP communicates with the Arduino board
- Describe the basic and potential functionality of Arduino
- Develop an overview of the possibilities available in combining Arduino and Max/MSP.

Memory stick/storage device for saving work, notepad and pen. All Arduino equipment for the course will be supplied.
Arduino equipment is cheap, and the tutor will advise on what you would need to carry on after the course is finished.

A basic Arduino Uno board, of the type used on the course, costs c.£20. There are many alternatives with extra features ( max. cost c.£60). An Arduino starter kit costs £40–50.
You might also want other items such as a breadboard, cables, sensors, motors (all small and cheap), depending on how complex your projects are.

We will be allotting a good deal of hands-on time, so any ideas for projects participants might want to get started on will be welcome, though there will be plenty of tutor led exercises to encourage experimentation.