PaperPulse: an integrated approach for embedding electronics in paper designs

Abstract

We present PaperPulse, a design and fabrication approach that enables designers without a technical background to produce standalone interactive paper artifacts by augmenting them with electronics. With PaperPulse designers overlay pre-designed visual elements with interactive widgets and specify functional relations between them using a logic demonstration and recording approach, called Pulsation. When the design is finished, PaperPulse generates layered electronic circuit designs, code that can be deployed on a microcontroller, and instructions for assembly.