Robotic Arts Intro Fall 2018 (IA277.01)
- Instructor: Lucas Haroldsen (lharoldsen@mica.edu)
- Class Site: yasunaga.work/raif18
- syllabus: syllabus.pdf
- Resources: links.html
Suppliers
Arduino
- Arduino.cc
Arduino official website. - Amazon
prime! - Adafruit
Close in NYC, generally fast shipping - Sparkfun
shipping can be slow
Electonics
- Digi-Key Electronics
Electronic supermarket. We will go over how to use it in the class - MOUSER Electronics
Another Electronic supermarket (shipping tends to be slower) - All Electronics
You can find some cheap things - American Science and Surplus
Great store for cheap surplus electronics. They will give you very nice hand drawn catalogue - Electronics Goldmine
Another great surplus store - Marlin P. Jones
Another great surplus store - Adafruit
Big selection. Located in NYC so they ship pretty quickly. - Electronix Express
Huge selection of basic components at (usually) good prices. Shipping can be a little slow - Sparkfun
Big selection of arduino and sensors. There are good learning resource too. - Robot Digg
Cheap robotic components like linior rails, stepper motors etc.. Shipping is expensive so you should get friends together to do a big orfer. A lot of 3D printer and CNC components too.
Materials and components
- McMaster-Carr
Can be little expensive but you can find most things from raw materials to hardwares, tools etc. Fast shiping! - Grainger
Another inductrial supply store. - Inventables
Sells some experimental materials, PCBs (one we used in class) and machine components. - Harbor Sales
Great place to buy plastics like acrylic and HDPE sheets etc... It has a minimum order but it's located in Baltimore so they deliver to you quickly and they are very nice people.
Tutorials
- Arduino Foundations
Extended guide for learning arduino - Adafruit Arduino Lessons
Well documented 17 parts tutorials - Sparkfun
How to use multimeter and Suggested Reading - ITP Physical Computing
Step by step tutorials of basic electronics and arduino under the tab "topics" - talkingelectronics.com
hardcore transistor circuits - Nicolas Collins
Tutorials from book "Handmade Electronic Music"
Tools -- softwares and texts
- Tinkercad
Circuit making and sumilation software from Autodesk. You can simulate Arduino code - Fritzing
Another Circuit prototyping and PCB software - Arduino Reference Page
Arduino Language reference for details and examples - falstad
online electronic circuit simulator - Forrest Mims, III
Text : Getting Started in Electronics - Forrest Mims, III
Volume III: Electronic Sensor Circuits & Projects
Tools -- you might want to invest near future
Multimeter
This is on the top of the list of tools you might want. It’s an measuring/testing device that will help you troubleshoot. Very important. You will say thank you to multimeter. Price veries, you might get something like This to start.
Soldering Iron
We have soldering stations in our department for you to use so you don’t have to get one, but if you have to have one don’t get a cheap one. Weller makes reliable and economical ones like This
Wire Strippers
A tool designed to strip the wires, very useful.This
Screw Drivers
A pair (+ and -) of small screw drivers will come in handy
Aligator Clips
It will make your experiment speed up, but make sure it is soldered on good!
Third Hand
Your friend who holds your wires and components for you while you solder This