CMSC 23220/33222: Inventing and Engineering Interactive Devices
(also nicknamed by previous students as "hci engineering")


Schedule (Syllabus)

Week  Date
1 Jan 8 (1) What is technical HCI? (2) Requirements of your final project + (3) Hello world in ARM microcontrollers
2 Jan 15 Intro to Analog and Digital Circuits
3 Jan 22 In class hackathon: get ready to build a device in <3h
4 Jan 29 Sampling sensors and signal processing
5 Feb 5 Going Wireless
6 Feb 12 Interfacing with modern computers (e.g., touchscreens, HID firmware, USB devices, etc) + in-class live tournament
7 Feb 19 Machine Learning at the egde (also discussing final projects)
8 Feb 26 In-class (graded) final project checkpoint (first demo with minimal viable prototype)
9 Mar 5 Final Presentations: bring your demo and talk