Microcontrollers as material: crafting circuits with paper, conductive ink, electronic components, and an "untoolkit"
Microcontrollers as material: crafting circuits with paper, conductive ink, electronic components, and an "untoolkit"
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以微控制器为材料：用纸张、导电墨水、电子元件和“untoolkit”制作电路
DOI：
10.1145/2460625.2460638
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发表时间：
2013
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通讯作者：
Jie Qi
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作者：
D. Mellis;Sam Jacoby;L. Buechley;Hannah Perner;Jie Qi
嵌入式编程通常是通过模块化电子工具包实现的。在本文中，我们探索了一种替代方法，将微控制器与工艺材料和工艺相结合，作为将新人群和技能引入技术生产的手段。我们已经开发出简单而强大的技术，可以用导电墨水在纸上绘制电路，使现成的电子元件直接嵌入到交互式工件中。我们还开发了一套硬件和软件工具——我们称之为“untoolkit”的一个实例——为微控制器编程提供一个可访问的工具链。我们在许多研讨会上评估了我们的技术，其中一个在论文中详细介绍。四个更广泛的主题出现了：可访问性和吸引力，工艺和技术的集成，微控制器与电子工具包，以及编程和物理工件之间的关系。我们还对untoolkit的概念进行了更广泛的扩展，提供了一个定义和一些设计原则，并提出了未来研究的潜在领域。
Embedded programming is typically made accessible through modular electronics toolkits. In this paper, we explore an alternative approach, combining microcontrollers with craft materials and processes as a means of bringing new groups of people and skills to technology production. We have developed simple and robust techniques for drawing circuits with conductive ink on paper, enabling off-the-shelf electronic components to be embedded directly into interactive artifacts. We have also developed an set of hardware and software tools -- an instance of what we call an "untoolkit" -- to provide an accessible toolchain for the programming of microcontrollers. We evaluated our techniques in a number of workshops, one of which is detailed in the paper. Four broader themes emerge: accessibility and appeal, the integration of craft and technology, microcontrollers vs. electronic toolkits, and the relationship between programming and physical artifacts. We also expand more generally on the idea of an untoolkit, offering a definition and some design principles, as well as suggest potential areas of future research.