Project Post #5
MIDI Armband
Chris Hanko Yewon Lee Isaiah Scott
Figure 1: Layout of the Bluetooth configuration with the Teensy board connected to a breadboard. This set-up ultimately worked, but the pins had to be soldered in order to allow for a stable connection.
Figure 2: Due to poor Bluetooth connection with the Teensy board, the TX, RX and A4, A5 pins had to be soldered to allow the laptop to connect to the board and the board to be connected to the Bluetooth transceiver.
Figure 3: Sketch of armband schematic with button components and layout of wiring and potentiometers
- A Listing of accomplishments made by all group members for the previous week
Chris: Collaborated in selecting our armband layout in terms of buttons to allow for the most intuitive design for live performance and helped to construct the layout of the Bluetooth interface. Spent a considerable amount of time trying to get the Bluetooth to work with Arduino and got it to work finally with a couple of buttons.
Isaiah: Used vector drawing software to create a scaled drawing of armband and components to assist in developing the layout of the final piece.
Yewon Modification of our design (8 note buttons to 7 note buttons) and learn how to solder. Try to interface the Bluetooth with devices. Research on laser cutting.
- A description of problems encountered and outstanding issues
The hardest problem is interfacing the Bluetooth with the Teensy board and the laptop. Also, our project is determining the locations of the 2 potentiometers. We still need to order the battery or try to use existing ones in the classroom.
- A plan for the next week of work
Our plan for this week is to continue troubleshooting our Bluetooth interface and start laser cutting. Also, we are going to start working on our poster design.