Interaction design and creative technology
Interaction design and creative technology
A message begins as dots and dashes, travels through a physical chain of light and arrives as readable text. Morse Interpreter transforms an abstract communication system into a hands-on experience that visitors can create, follow and decode.
The installation was developed as a physical museum exhibit. Visitors enter a message in Morse code on one side, follow the signal through a long sequence of LEDs and read the decoded letters on an LCD display at the opposite end. The physical distance between input and output makes the translation process visible and turns communication into something visitors can experience with their hands and eyes.
The experience is structured as a clear three-step interaction: compose the message as dots and dashes, follow the illuminated signal, and read the decoded result. Timing was central to the design. The signal needed to move slowly enough to be understood, but quickly enough to keep the message feeling alive.
Raspberry Pi and Arduino connect the input controls, LED modules and LCD display. Working prototypes were used to test Morse translation, signal timing, readability and the relationship between the physical construction and the software. The final system combines interaction design, programming and electronic prototyping in a robust installation designed for repeated public use.
Interaction design · Programming · Electronic prototyping · System integration · Testing and troubleshooting
Arduino · Raspberry Pi · Electronics · LED control · LCD display · Physical computing · Interaction design · Prototyping · Museum technology
