Week 1: In our first class we had to bring an electronic device which runs on battery and can be taken apart for research. I choose for a Tamagotchi. The intention was to analyze "what is possible with simple electronic circuits". So we did so called circuit bending.
"Circuit bending is the creative, short-circuiting of electronic devices such as low voltage, battery-powered guitar effects, children's toys and small digital synthesizers to create new musical or visual instruments and sound generators. Emphasizing spontaneity and randomness, the techniques of circuit bending have been commonly associated with noise music, though many more conventional contemporary musicians and musical groups have been known to experiment with "bent" instruments. Circuit bending usually involves dismantling the machine and adding components such as switches and potentiometers that alter the circuit."
Week 2: We started to make a simple coding with our arduino-board. We programmed how to make one single LED blink on the board itself and later on how to make three LED's blink on the same time so that they form a traffic light.
