Serial Communication Setup and Notes

The following tutorials show a few different ways to use serial communication to communicate between your microcontroller and TouchDesigner. These tutorials assume you are already familiar with general programming concepts, physical computing, and TouchDesigner.

Topics covered

• One Way Serial Communication: Using TouchDesigner to control an LED on Arduino
• One Way Serial Communication: Using Arduino IMU sensor to control TD
• Two Way Serial Communication with Digital Sensors
• Two Way Serial Communication with Analog Sensors
• Parsing and Filtering Values in Arduino
• Parsing and Filtering Values in TD

Resources and Inspiration

NYU ITP Physical Computing Resources
Makeability Lab Resources
University of Washington Makeability Lab