The studio deals with the potential of printed electronics as a way to embed electronic and digital functionalities into everyday physical objects. Inspired by children educational toys we present a toolkit for experimenting with printed electronics and their tangible applications. It is an experimental prototyping platform for printed electronics that can be combined with different sensors and actuators from traditional and printed electronics.
In the studio we will build the toolbox from a pre-fabricated model set, that includes an Arduino Yún connected to 2 printed circuit cards (sensor and actor card). Different electronic components and sensors will be attached to the printed cards and will be used to record environmental parameters etc.
The boxes communicate with each other or with your smartphone via a real-time Cloudserver.
Participants will then develop concepts for future Internet of Things applications based on their experience with the toolkit. In the final step we would like to discuss ideas for developing this platform further with the workshop participants.
TEI 2014 Main Website
Bauhaus-Universität Project Page
TEI Workshop PDF
Prof. Dr. Jens Geelhaar, Johannes Deich, Michael Markert, Martin Schied, Gabriel Rausch
Fraunhofer ENAS in Chemnitz, Jens Hammerschmidt (Baumann-Group)
Printed Electronics, Embedded Function, Unconventional Interfaces, Prototyping Toolkit, Arduino