{"id":57,"date":"2020-01-23T15:38:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T15:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mea211\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2023-07-19T19:11:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T19:11:44","slug":"physical-computing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mea-211\/physical-computing\/","title":{"rendered":"Physical Computing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mea-211\/introduction-physical-computing\/\">Introduction<\/a>. Physical computing refers to the process of building physical interfaces that respond to the analog world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mea-211\/using-a-microcontroller\/\">Using a Microcontroller<\/a>. A microcontroller is a small computer that can take in information from inputs such as sensors and switches and control outputs such as lights, motors and other computers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mea-211\/building-a-circuit\/\">Building a circuit<\/a>. A circuit includes all of the electronic components required for a task as well as wires or another material which will let the electricity flow between the connected components.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mea-211\/digital-input-and-output\/\">Digital Input and Output<\/a>. On the Arduino, a digital input might be a switch or button, the output an LED.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mea-211\/analog-input-and-output\/\">Analog Input and Output<\/a>. Analog information can hold a range of possible values.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction. Physical computing refers to the process of building physical interfaces that respond to the analog world. Using a Microcontroller. A microcontroller is a small computer that can take in information from inputs such as sensors and switches and control outputs such as lights, motors and other computers. Building a circuit. A circuit includes all &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mea-211\/physical-computing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Physical Computing&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":184,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-57","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mea-211\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mea-211\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mea-211\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mea-211\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/184"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mea-211\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mea-211\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":356,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mea-211\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions\/356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mea-211\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}