MAS.836 Sensor Systems for Interactive Environments

Spring 2017

Lecturers:

• Prof. Joe Paradiso : joep@media.mit.edu

Teaching Assistants:

• Spencer Franklin Russell: sfr@media.mit.edu
• David Bradford Ramsay: dramsay@media.mit.edu
• Artem Dementyev: artemd@media.mit.edu
• Juliana Cherston: cherston@media.mit.edu
• Staff Email: mas836_staff@media.mit.edu

Labs / Recitations : TBA
Note: Much information and detail has been moved to an MIT Stellar website.

Readings & Useful Links

• General Electronics:
  • How to Bias an Op-Amp (pdf)
  • Bandlimited Sampling Survey (pdf)
  • LM13700 OTA (pdf)
• Pressure, Force
  • Interlink FSR Guide (pdf)
  • TekScan Paper (pdf)
  • Additional Readings
• Pressure, strain, & Piezoelectrics
  • MSI Piezo Guide (pdf) (P. 2-4, 27-31 and 36-42 in particular)
  • Piezo Systems Inc. (link) (Follow the Technical information link for good references)
  • Additional Readings
• Electric Field and Capacitive
  • Additional Readings. Links to papers are inside presentation
• Capacitive Applications & Magnetic Sensing
  • Paper on Polhemus tracker technologies
  • Paper on Buxton's capacitive trackpad (pdf)
• Inertial Sensing
  • Additional Readings
• Miscellaneous
  • A free op-am simulation tool: Linear Technology LTspice
  • An excellent reference book for Op Amp design: Texas Instruments "Op Amps For Everyone"
  • A simple tool for designing active filters using voltage-feedback opamps from Analog Devices: Interactive Design Tools: OpAmps : Active Filter Synthesis