ActuBoard: An Open Rapid Prototyping Platform to integrate Hardware Actuators in Remote ApplicationsShow others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: Companion of the 2021 ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems, New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2021, p. 70-76Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Prototyping is an essential step in developing tangible experiences and novel devices, ranging from haptic feedback to wearables. However, prototyping of actuated devices nowadays often requires repetitive and time-consuming steps, such as wiring, soldering, and programming basic communication, before HCI researchers and designers can focus on their primary interest: designing interaction. In this paper, we present ActuBoard, a prototyping platform to support 1) quick assembly, 2) less preparation work, and 3) the inclusion of non-tech-savvy users. With ActuBoard, users are not required to create complex circuitry, write a single line of firmware, or implementing communication protocols. Acknowledging existing systems, our platform combines the flexibility of low-level microcontrollers and ease-of-use of abstracted tinker platforms to control actuators from separate applications. As further contribution, we highlight the technical specifications and published the ActuBoard platform as Open Source.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2021. p. 70-76
National Category
Human Computer Interaction
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-329505DOI: 10.1145/3459926.3464757ISI: 001440871200014Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85108027001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-329505DiVA, id: diva2:1772149
Conference
EICS '21: ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems, Virtual, Netherlands June 8 - 11, 2021
Note
QC 20230629
2023-06-212023-06-212025-12-05Bibliographically approved