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The LMU SKWH 2020 - LMU Sketching with Hardware course (Summer Term 2020) is currently in the Preparation phase (self-paced), get your SWH kit ready and follow the Individual Tasks. We will answer your questions in the discord server (links below).

Here are some recent changes:

• The page describing the LED is now setup as example
• Tutorial pages are up: Tutorial Basics, Tutorial Digital IO, Tutorial Analog IN, Tutorial Display, and Tutorial Network
• There are pages with the Individual Tasks as well as for the Group Project SoSe2020
• There is a description of the Project Topic SoSe2020

Courses

At this point there is only one course (summer term 2020 at LMU) ... but we hope for more in the future.

Please go to the course page for details, timeline, and requirements:

• LMU SKWH 2020 - LMU Sketching with Hardware, Summer Term 2020
• there is also a gallery with results from the last course: Gallery 2020

Foreword to the Sketching With Hardware wiki

TODO - basically what we had in the first live session

Learning Goals

The overall learning goal is the equip students with skills to Envision a new interactive physical object and implements a functional prototype, this includes:

• understand why sketching with hardware is relevant
• understand the challenges in creating function prototypes
• being able to create basic hardware sketches
• being able to program and debug MicroPython on ESP32/ESP8266
• being able to build basic circuits connected to the microcontroller, including
  • output: LEDs, servos, motors, speakers, display
  • input: buttons, dials, sliders, LDR, accelerometer, distance, I2C sensors
• being able to program basic networking (network variables)

Important Links

• Wiki: https://www.sketching-with-hardware.org/wiki and please Create a new account
• Micropython: https://micropython.org/
• Discord Server for LMU students- Invitation: https://discord.com/invite/JhMs6jX
• Course page: https://www.um.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/studium_lehre/ss20/swh/index.html

Video Tutorials

• Tutorial Basics
• Tutorial Digital IO
• Tutorial Analog IN
• Tutorial Display
• Tutorial Network
• Tutorial AutoRun

List of Videos available

• https://youtu.be/DnBBB8AcvBg Setting up Software on your computer (python, uPyCraft IDE, Putty) [4:20, on Youtube]
• https://youtu.be/_TrKPDOReJc Flashing the MicroPython image onto the ESP32 and ESP8266 microcontroller [17:01, on Youtube]
• https://youtu.be/jhfURkMZVEs Setting it up... What could possibly go wrong when setting it up? [10:32, on Youtube]
• https://youtu.be/e3No4wGGQas What is in the hardware box? [10:19, on Youtube]
• https://youtu.be/0KGgYsEZcZM Digital Output - adding an LED to the controller [30:30 on Youtube]
• https://youtu.be/G6HZ1etMRbM Digital Output - connecting an LED - WebREPL based[16:54 on Youtube]**
• https://youtu.be/_4bXk8JjQSk PWM Output - connecting a servo - WebREPL based [14:40 on Youtube]**
• https://youtu.be/va1beT6sxLs Digital Input - connecting a switch [30:31 on Youtube]**
• https://youtu.be/gjj5KyK2qGI Analog Input - ADC - connecting a resistor, voltage divider [46:23 on Youtube]**
• https://youtu.be/MXfj_gWf0z4 Uploading and running python files with uPyCraft IDE [6:48 on Youtube]
• https://youtu.be/PJ3nQo_Hw3I Connect the ESP32/ESP8266 to the Internet, IoT, netvars.py [8:52 on Youtube], https://www.sketching-with-hardware.org/files/netvars.py module
• https://youtu.be/UbxwePvgX-U Print to the OLED Display that is mounted to the ESP32 board [22:00 on Youtube], https://www.sketching-with-hardware.org/files/display.zip include the ssd1306.py module and examples to use it