Laptop Gloves

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Problem 

Delhi is freezing these days with major swings in the temperature and I caught a major cold. Now since I am feeling cold more than usual, my mother has ensured I am covered in three layers of clothing. Besides I am expected to wear a muffler, ear pads, gloves and socks.

Thats me!

selfie

Now the problem is I can’t use the trackpad of my laptop with the gloves on. And I dont feel comfortable if I dont wear gloves. [Yes I am complaining more than required, I know]

Solution

I didnt have conductive threads and I am not in a state to go to market or anything, so I had to make do with the most malleable conductor I had at home – Aluminum Foil!

So the idea is to line the inner layer of your index finger with aluminium, connect a wire to it and pull that outside through the glove and connect it to another strip of aluminum wire and wrap that around the outer surface of the index finger.

 

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Demo

 

TADA!

Now I can be sick and yet productive! 😛

Arduino Noise [Four Step Sequencer]

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4bitsynth

This is a demo video for an intermediate stage of a 4 step sequencer that I have built using an Arduino Uno and the Mozzi library.

The synth right now also has an LFO and Reverb mode but has not been demo-ed in the video.

It is very easy to build once you know the concepts of sound synthesis. All you need is an arduino, some knobs, a baterry and a Soap Box to put them all in 🙂

Source Code needs some cleaning up and will be put up soon 🙂

Add some LEDs and LDRs to it and you have a blingy noise box!

Wireframing tool for ubuntu

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Having tried a number of wireframing tools online that were either too unusable or buggy or not free, I came across a desktop application for Linux called The Pencil Project.
Hassle free installation, i was making wireframes within seconds. Highly recommended.

Trial Export

 

MockupUI2

 

Please note that the knob icon does not come built with the software. I made one for audio plugin UI.

using LDT0-028K with an arduino as an impact sensor

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For a project that I am working on I had to use a piezo sensor to detect impact of falling water on a surface. I bought the LDT0-028K from protocentral (excellent service, btw).

I had initial hiccups in getting started and had to read through the techincal manual to get started. I could not find much on googling, So I thought I’d put it here for someone who uses the right words on google search.

You need to connect the piezo in parrallel with a 1M ohm resistor. Well thats all!

This is what I could get : On setting threshold of 60, I could detect impact of a stream of water falling on a box. Upon breaking the fall of the water by putting your hand midway, the sensor would switch off.

Here is my setup (sorry for the bad pictures)

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Arduino Code :

int sensorPin = A0;
int ledPin = 13;
int sensorValue = 0;

void setup() {
pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
}

void loop() {
sensorValue = analogRead(sensorPin);
if (sensorValue >70){
digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);
}

else{
digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);
}
}