Prototyping for the physical world
summary
Claim: the feedback loop shrinks from six months to two minutes by streaming Figma prototypes to real appliance screens. Built hardware includes Figma Displays (3–8" variants) driven by a Raspberry Pi and MQTT with Playwright handling Figma login, plus USB keyboard‑emulating Figma rotaries using cheap microcontrollers and rotary encoders in 3D‑printed housings. Prototypes update almost instantly, designers test tactile input and 16‑bit color limits on production‑accurate panels, and the tools reliably reveal readability, touch targets, and banding before engineering ships hardware.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction and context
- 3:02Defining the problem space
- 5:11Developing physical input
- 7:51Hardware display constraints
- 14:25Building Figma displays
- 16:50Technical implementation
- 21:01Impact and future outlook
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