art > hardware > toyzone control unit
1999 - 2000

Collaboration with João Paulo Feliciano

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Although i designed the panels and general layout, this was an intense teamwork, especially with electronics engineer Filipe Leite and, of course, João Paulo Feliciano, with whom this installation was produced for Sonic Boom exhibition in London.

This was the brain of the whole installation, receiving signals from the environment and toys and sending the latter control signals. Its boards featured timer circuits, switching ICs, relays and an array of interfacing inputs and ouputs.

rear panel assembly

rear

board work

frame work

boards inside

relays

frame rear

front pots

front inside

rear, assembled

frame assembly

front panel

front detail

power supply

power inside