Exploring and interacting with electronics is challenging as the internal processes of
components are not visible. Further barriers to engagement with electronics include fear of …

The introduction of maker technology and personal fabrication has radically changed how
we learn, design and innovate. In recent years, a growing number of people have begun to …

Experimental digital fabrication workflows are increasingly common in human-computer
interaction research, but are difficult to reproduce. We present Tandem, a software library …

Prototyping is an essential step in developing tangible experiences and novel devices,
ranging from haptic feedback to wearables. However, prototyping of actuated devices …

The advent of user-friendly embedded prototyping systems, exemplified by platforms like
Arduino, has significantly democratized the creation of interactive devices that combine …

Motivated by the necessity of guiding and monitoring students when assembling electronic
circuits during in-class activities, we propose BlinkBoard, an augmented breadboard that …

We present CircuitGlue, an electronic converter board that allows heterogeneous electronic
components to be readily interconnected. Electronic components are plugged into an eight …

Electronics prototyping platforms such as Arduino enable a wide variety of creators with and
without an engineering background to rapidly and inexpensively create interactive …

An embedded system is a system consisting of software code, controller hardware, and I/O
(Input/Output) hardware that performs a specific task. Developing an embedded system …

The recent pandemic has forced us to teach online, which is especially difficult for hand-on
courses in robotics, like basic electronics. In this paper, I present a simulator which tries to …