designing
interaction with HARDWARE
Spring 2026
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designing
Class overview
This advanced hardware and fabrication course (ID499), offered in the Department of Industrial Design at KAIST, focuses on hands-on making, advanced physical computing, and the development of complex interactive systems. The course is designed to help Master’s and PhD students build confidence working with modern prototyping tools such as microcontrollers and embedded hardware platforms. Students will learn to integrate electronic systems with mechanical components, exploring topics central to robotics, sensing and physical computing. Through a series of progressively challenging homework, the course emphasizes not only technical proficiency but also the ability to translate interactive ideas into robust, functioning physical prototypes. The class is highly hands-on and homework-driven.
Class
Syllabus 📃
Discord link 💬
TA: Jaewon You
Quick links
Scores
Resources of Hands-On activities
Bill of material
Tutorials
SCHEDULE ⏰
SCHEDULE ⏰
Friday 10:00 - 13:00
Building N25, Room 215 (2nd floor) - OFFLINE
Office hours: before and after class, or by appointment
WEek 1
WEek 1
Slides 1 - Welcome + Soldering
Homework
Introductory survey (due Thursday, March 12 , 11:59 pm)
Week 2
Week 2
Slides 2a - Visualizing Circuits (schematics, breadboard, Simulator TinkerCAD, EasyEDA)
Slides2b - Electronics basics (Ohm's lab, measurements, DMM)
Additional resources
Video lecture about EasyEDA
Homework
Homework 1: Schematics and Breadboard (due Thursday, March 19, 23:59 pm)
Week 3
Week 3
Slides 3 - Ohm's law practice + Circuit Simulator
Homework
Homework 2: Breadboard prototyping (due Thursday, April 2, 23:59 pm)
Week 4
Week 4
Slides 4 - Resistor networks + Oscilloscope
Additional resources
OpenScope MZ software for Windows, Linux (64-bit deb), Mac.
Homework
Homework 3: practice with numbers (due Thursday, April 2, 23:59 pm)
Week 5
Week 5
Slides 5 -MicroPython basics + GPIO
Homework
Homework 4: One Line Tetris (due Thursday, April 16, 23:59 pm)
Week 6
Week 6
Slides 6: - Finishing up last class
- Controlling many LEDs (binary numbers, shift register, neopixel)
Week 7
Week 7
No class April 17
Week 8
Week 8
Slides 9 - Diodes, Relays and Transistors (substitution class)
Homework
Homework 5: Binary Timer (due Thursday, May 7, 23:59 pm)
Week 9
Week 9
No class May 1 (substitution holiday)
Week 10
Week 10
Guest lecture by designer Jaeseong Yi
Professor's slides
Final Teams
Week 11
Week 11
Slides 11: Sensors and Filtering
Week 12
Week 12
Slides 12 - UART and Capacitors
Week 13
Week 13
Slides 13 - Final presentation guidelines
Project feedback (students will present)
Week 14
Week 14
Optional class: help desk: send a message in Discord to reserve a slot
Week 15
Week 15
June 12: Final Presentation and demos 🚀
Week 16
Week 16
June 19: Final project submission due (Friday at 11:59 AM noon)
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