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PPCards: Toward Enhancing Electronic Prototyping with Editions of a Card-based Platform

Authors:

Alexandre Gomes de Siqueira,

Ayush Bhargava,

Rohith Venkatakrishnan,

Roshan VenkatakrishnanAuthors Info & Claims

TEI '21: Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

Article No.: 24, Pages 1 - 11

https://doi.org/10.1145/3430524.3440643

Published: 14 February 2021 Publication History

Abstract

Prototyping electronic circuits is often facilitated by web-based tutorials and breadboards. Several virtual and hybrid platforms do exist, each carrying their own limitations. Some of these platforms fall prey to split-attention effects, wherein users are required to split their attention to integrate multiple sources of spatially separated information. This hinders the learning and prototyping processes. Other platforms provide a single source of information, but lack tangible interaction with electronic components or suffer from the absence of active feedback which can also hinder these processes. There is hence a need for prototyping platforms that mitigate split attention effects, while continuing to provide other desirable aspects such as tangible interaction. To address this, we present three editions of PPCards, a card-based platform for prototyping electronic circuits, towards overcoming limitations of existing paradigms. Through a comparative study, it was determined that the first edition of PPCards outdid the conventional breadboard web-based tutorial paradigm in aspects of split attention, usability, and user experience. The second and third editions build upon successful characteristics of the first, additionally provisioning support for multimedia content and real-time feedback during the prototyping process. Based on quantitative data and qualitative feedback, we go on to discuss design considerations for future tangible card-based tools.

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Jones LNousir AChen RLiu ADonovan MWallace ENabil S(2023)Making From Home: Reflections on Crafting Tangible Interfaces for Stay-at-home LivingProceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction10.1145/3569009.3572744(1-16)Online publication date: 26-Feb-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3569009.3572744
Alessandrini A(2022)A Study of Students Engaged in Electronic Circuit Wiring in an Undergraduate CourseJournal of Science Education and Technology10.1007/s10956-022-09994-932:1(78-95)Online publication date: 4-Oct-2022
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-022-09994-9

Index Terms

PPCards: Toward Enhancing Electronic Prototyping with Editions of a Card-based Platform
1. Applied computing
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
  2. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. Interface design prototyping

Index terms have been assigned to the content through auto-classification.

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TEI '21: Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

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Jones LNousir AChen RLiu ADonovan MWallace ENabil S(2023)Making From Home: Reflections on Crafting Tangible Interfaces for Stay-at-home LivingProceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction10.1145/3569009.3572744(1-16)Online publication date: 26-Feb-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3569009.3572744
Alessandrini A(2022)A Study of Students Engaged in Electronic Circuit Wiring in an Undergraduate CourseJournal of Science Education and Technology10.1007/s10956-022-09994-932:1(78-95)Online publication date: 4-Oct-2022
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-022-09994-9

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