Communications Lab

Is your project not working out?  Do you have no idea how you will finish it by Thursday?

Maybe try out the Auduino library

Here’s a video of it in action

We will have a show on the last Thursday of the school year to show off everyone’s projects!  To advertise we’ll print out and email flyers with the names of the projects that you’re creating.  How wants to volunteer to draw up the flyer?  Something that will grab people’s attention and tell them that it’s about making music.

Looks great but only works on windows.  Give it a try at http://www.sculptris.com/

Make a musical instrument that requires two or more people to play.

1. Make a list of project ideas
2. Decide on a project idea and have Matt approve it.
3. Write a half page project proposal with a labeled illustration of your project.
4. Write up a list of required materials.
5. Build it!

The app modifies the song your listening to by detecting changes in motion, light, and sound. Check out the video (at home that is, it’s on youtube).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ADb9-n7sD8

http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Tone2

Here’s a mood light relevant post on thereifixedit.com

int led1Pin = 3;
int led2Pin = 5;

int sensorPin = 0;

void setup(){
  pinMode(led1Pin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(led2Pin, OUTPUT);

  //Potentiometer
  pinMode(sensorPin, INPUT);

  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop(){

  int sensorVal;

  for(int counter = 0; counter <= 255; counter+=5){
    analogWrite(led1Pin, counter);

    analogWrite(led2Pin, (255-counter));

    sensorVal = analogRead(sensorPin);
    sensorVal = map(sensorVal, 0, 1023, 0, 50);
    delay(sensorVal);

    Serial.println(sensorVal);
  }

  for(int counter = 255; counter >= 0; counter-=5){
    analogWrite(led1Pin, counter);
    analogWrite(led2Pin, (255-counter));

    sensorVal = analogRead(sensorPin);
    sensorVal = map(sensorVal, 0, 1023, 0, 50);
    delay(sensorVal);

    Serial.println(sensorVal);
  }

}

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w