Other Projects

The built harp frame with laser pointers set.

LASER HARP

THE INTERSECTION OF MUSIC WITH TECHNOLOGY CAN CREATE ENTIRELY NEW WAYS TO PRODUCE OR EXPERIMENT WITH MUSIC. THE RECENT HISTORY OF MUSIC HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THIS TO AUGMENT EXISTING INSTRUMENTS AND MODIFY THEIR SOUND, OR IN THE CASE OF SYNTHESIZERS, TO PRODUCE ENTIRELY NEW AUDIO EFFECTS. OUR PROJECT WAS INSPIRED BY THE NOTION THAT

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The completed synthesizer hardware

Distributed PIC Synthesizer

Introduction In this project, I have created a musical synthesizer with the ability to generate realistic instrumental sounds and to record songs for playback with harmonization. Controlled by a PIC32 microcontroller, the synthesizer has over a full octave of buttons, laid out like a piano, to allow playing notes and making chords. It combines additive

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Image of final device

ECE 4760: Latte Art Machine

Introduction For our final project ECE4760: Microcontrollers, our group created a cappuccino art designer that would automatically pour milk into coffee, while creating the classical latte art design. For this project, our group used a Houston Instrument Omnigraphic 2000 X-Y Plotter and a peristaltic pump to create a cappuccino art designer. One end of the

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High level Diagram

Drawing Bot

1. Introduction For our final project, we designed a drawing robot that can turn any computer image into line drawings. Our drawingbot features a pen that moves up and down, a base plate with a piece of paper attached that moves in the x-y plane and a neatly displayed menu on the TFT screen. Our

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Top Level Block Diagram

Bot Ross

Introduction Bot Ross is a moderately sized 2-D contour plotter, capable of drawing images with a resolution of roughly 1 mm. The design consists of a pen with degrees of freedom in the x and y directions, actuated using threaded rods controlled by two stepper motors. The pen may be raised or lowered using a

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The Outlet Nanny

The Outlet Nanny

We designed a power monitor that could communicate with the PIC32 through UART to give both power and current readings for any device(s) (that use NEMA plugs) plugged into our box. These readings are then accessible on a website interface, on a graph. We chose to do this project because of the growing issue of

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