intro to arduino | make a kinetic sculpture

the vibe

In this workshop we’ll introduce Breadboarding + circuit concepts Arduino IDE, flashing Arduino Intro to coding, AI vibecoding Outputs (LEDs, motors (servo/steppers), including power requirements) Sensors/inputs (buttons, ultrasonic/presence sensors) Basics of troubleshooting (code + hardware/electronics) Participants will create and leave with a simple toothpick/paper origami kinetic sculpture that moves and/or glows in reaction to button presses, presence/movement, and/or light. All materials and electronics will be provided, and yours to keep. — who is this for? For artists who are interested in integrating microcontrollers and sensors into their work to allow for physical interactivity, but have no experience working with hardware/electronics ~ who's teaching this? Joy He is a designer and maker completing their MDes at UC Berkeley. Their work ranges from nuclear control rooms to silversmithed earpieces; and you will often find them in the shop yelling at the CNC machine. As a deaf cyborg, they are drawn to questions of what we trust our machines with. Alistair Vizuet is a mechanical engineer currently in the Master of Design program at UC Berkeley. Pivoting from a career in machine repair and maintenance, their practice revolves around found objects, sustainability and repairability, and emerging tech skepticism. -- This event is presented alongside our latest exhibition at tiat, The Epistemologies of Slop, an exhibition exploring how meaning, trust, and culture are…