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Bond. James Bond. + RGBLED Trials

I don’t read sheet music. I tried to learn how from a 10 minute video, but it turns out that a 10 minute video doesn’t make you proficient enough to decode your favorite 80’s song. So, I turned to the giants that came before me. I found a sweet James Bond theme sketch and a tone library. The volume for the “song” is controlled by a potentiometer, and I have admit, that fade really made me feel like a DJ 🙂

What I liked about digging into someone else’s tutorial was figuring out the mechanics for building and loading custom libraries to Arduino. What a powerful addition to my skill set!

Here it is in action:

Well, that went swimmingly. Unfortunately, my RGBLED was a dud. I wired up the circuit diagram, tried two different sets of code, and two different LEDs. Alas, no luck. I will be inquiring as to why. Stay tuned.

Michael

Piezo music edit and LED random color generation

Not without its ups and downs, I managed to produce a new music piece on the piezo:

And generate some nice colors on the multicolor LED! Next: synchronized lightshow…?

Week 4 Homework

Hey everyone,
For class on October 1st, the homework is as follows:

-Bring in any extra fabric you have for our sewing and soldering workshop.

-Everyone give $.50 to Arjun for foam batting.

-Start thinking about the next project which will be to create a plush night light. Think about soft toys with lights in them and how they diffuse the light.

-Using your Arduino and the circuit #6 you did last week, make the piezo do a different song. It can be any song – play with the code to play something other than the sample. Post a video of the circuit working to the blog by 10pm on Sept. 30th.

-Complete the RGB LED circuit #12 from the Experimenter’s Guide for Arduino booklet. Post a video of the circuit working to the blog by 10pm on Sept. 30th.

Have fun!

Teardown: The Late Edition

Breaking down this LG Dumbphone with my Tekton Small Electronics Repair Kit was a fantastic peek inside the black box of mystery and an exercise that really had me intrigued. What is this magic that ruled my life in 2005; this mix of plastic, aluminum, steel, copper, glass, and conductive tape, that is printed, pressed, pulled, stamped, cut, glued, and screwed into a plastic-injected, machine-milled, (wo)manhandled package?

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Well, the answer is simple: my favorite phone of all time.

But now you ask me why?

Maybe it’s the sexy Qualcomm RFR 6500 Diversity Receiver?

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Or this sweet LED?

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Perhaps this LG PCB SUB Flex Cable?

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Or the MV8652CAB Logic Board?

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Well, no. It’s actually the exterior control functions that I loved the best. I mean, can you resist a touch screen that only exists for the novelty, and could barely register a finger at full tap? Probably not. But if you can, I’m sure that the landscape-intuitive photo button that encouraged proper video capture will steal your heart.