NEWMUSICALINSTRUMENTS.ORG

This is an introduction to digital interfaces, with a focus on sculptural, critical, and experimental approaches to instrument design and interactive objects. This module was designed for a course called Interactive Art, part of the New Media + Sound Arts program at Emily Carr University. I try to update these materials each time I teach the course... This module uses low cost microcontrollers to sense the physical world - buttons, light, proximity, touch, etc. - and map these inputs to processes and events on a computer. This system can also be used to send messages from the computer to control things in the physical world, like lights, speakers, relays, and small motors.