This is a sample for a project in a brand new class I'm teaching called Tech Studio. It combines traditional art making practices with digital fabrication techniques. For this assignment, students are instructed to create a custom circuit design, etch it in a single-sided PCB, then design and laser cut a unique method for displaying an Arduino light show. This project is meant to serve as an introduction to Arduino programming while fostering a visual understanding of the flo

This is a test to determine whether or not a laser cutter would be an effective tool for my students' custom circuitry project. For a first attempt, the results are pretty satisfactory. I will soon solder in some leds and pin headers, then hook everything up to an Arduino. I first applied two coats of spray paint to the copper side of a plain, single-sided PCB. Second, I laser engraved a pattern in negative, to reveal copper to be etched. Third, the PCB was submerged and gent