EAST BAY LINUX USERS GROUP

Online Course:
Processing and Arduino in Tandem
Creating Your Own Digital Art Tools

Instructor: Joseph Gray
This course is an online course in partnership with creativeLIVE

Create your own drawing and animation software-and learn basic programming and electronics skills at the same time. This engaging 5-week online course introduces you to two simple tools: Processing, a programming language for visual thinkers, and Arduino, a hardware platform for working with electronics. You'll learn how to use these tools together to build something useful right away. You'll learn to:

• Use Processing to create basic software applications
• Make your own drawing and animation tools
• Create a GUI (Graphical User Interface) to control your software
• Use an Arduino to provide physical controls for your drawing and animation tools

Learn more Processing and Arduino in Tandem.

Price: Free

5-Week Course: Tues, 8/31 – 9/28

3:00pm PST Each 90 - 120 minutes

Make the most of your course with our exclusive project kit.

projBox Kit
Price: $75

The projBox Kit contains everything you need to follow along with Processing and Arduino in Tandem. The kit, which requires no soldering, is ideal for beginners in electronics and physical computing. The projBox Kit contains:

• projBox
• Arduino Duemilanove
• Electronics Breadboard
• 4 10k potentiometers
• 4 SPST switches
• 4 LEDs
• USB cable
• Wires

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