pegBits: Experimenting with a 0.1" system for open hardware prototyping

Jon Rogers; Justin Marshall; Jayne Wallace; Tom Metcalfe; Nick Taylor; Romit Raj; Jayn Verkerk; Philip Heslop

doi:10.1145/3689050.3705978

pegBits: Experimenting with a 0.1" system for open hardware prototyping

Jon Rogers, Justin Marshall, Jayne Wallace, Tom Metcalfe, Nick Taylor, Romit Raj, Jayn Verkerk, Philip Heslop

Design Arts and Creative Industries

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Abstract

In this paper we introduce a work in progress prototyping system for constructing 3D prototypes to house open hardware electronics. The system, called pegBits, takes the standardised 0.1” hole separation found in 2D perfboard and breadboards and extends it to a construction system in 3D. We describe our motivations for doing so that includes: making prototyping more accessible, taking a designerly and crafty approach to prototype design and searching for the elusive space between off-the-shelf and custom designed. We show our development and present a series of reflections on the ways we can make prototyping with open hardware more accessible to the communities of practice that we engage with.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	TEI '25: Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
Place of Publication	New York, NY, United States
Publisher	ACM
Pages	1-7
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	9798400711978
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3689050.3705978
Publication status	Published - 4 Mar 2025
Event	TEI '25: Nineteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction - Bordeaux, France Duration: 4 Mar 2025 → 7 Mar 2025 https://tei.acm.org/2025/

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Conference	TEI '25: Nineteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
Country/Territory	France
City	Bordeaux
Period	4/03/25 → 7/03/25
Internet address	https://tei.acm.org/2025/

Keywords

Craft
Design
Electronics
Making
Open Hardware
Prototyping

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Rogers, J , Marshall, J , Wallace, J, Metcalfe, T, Taylor, N, Raj, R, Verkerk, J & Heslop, P 2025, pegBits: Experimenting with a 0.1" system for open hardware prototyping. in TEI '25: Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction., 57, ACM, New York, NY, United States, pp. 1-7, TEI '25: Nineteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, Bordeaux, France, 4/03/25. https://doi.org/10.1145/3689050.3705978

pegBits: Experimenting with a 0.1" system for open hardware prototyping. / Rogers, Jon ; Marshall, Justin ; Wallace, Jayne et al.
TEI '25: Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. New York, NY, United States: ACM, 2025. p. 1-7 57.

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