Today the steel balls for the Outmoded Sequencer arrived. They look very nice. For the first version, I will use these steel balls to program the sequencer matrix. Below the matrix there will be small magnets to make them “click” into the right places.
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Working on the Case
Today I worked on the case for the Outmoded Sequencer project. Originally I planed to use acrylic glass and laser cut it, but I did not found a service where I could cut a single piece cheap. So I am using wood, cut it to the right size using a Dremel tool, then sand it…
PCBs for Outmoded Sequencer Arrived
Today beautiful violet PCBs for the Outmoded Sequencer project arrived. I use them to experiment with different approaches for the matrix. The PCBs are ordered from OSH Park, which is a community printed circuit board order service. They put PCBs from multiple parties on one large PCB, which makes everything cheaper.
Outmoded Sequencer Music Demo
For the demo video in my previous post, I did not really choose nice melodies. So I created a small composition using the outmoded sequencer: For this music I connected the outmoded sequencer directly, after the potentiometer for the volume control, to an audio interface. Now I recorded the sound of the sequencer while I…
Outmoded Sequencer Project
I just started an interesting new project: The Outmoded Sequencer Project. It is an minimalistic music machine. You can use a 8×8 “programming” matrix to create simple melodies which are looping endlessly. This melody can be changed while the device is playing it. Here a short demonstration: The device is divided into several parts as…
How Build a Beautiful Table Light
I just published a new project, how you can easily build a nice table light from a cheap candle holder you get in any IKEA shop. The project is using a NeoPixel ring and a Adafruit Trinket as microcontroller. The microcontroller is very limited, but you will find ready made software which will get most…
How to use the Scripts in the Cat Protector Project
It seems the cat protector project documentation has a small gap. There is just a hint that you have to use some scripts to prepare the SD card to play the audio files, but no details about this. To use the scripts you need some knowledge how to use a command line interface on your…
Data Logger Deluxe Documentation Online
Finally the a step by step tutorial, how to build the deluxe version of the data logger is online. I split the documentation into multiple parts: Start Page Overview Usage Parts Build the Hardware Build the Software Start reading here on the start page.
Data Logger Deluxe – Finished + Video
I finally finished the deluxe version of the data logger. The software took longer than expected, because of the tight flash memory limit. I created a short video which should give you an impression how you can use the menus on the data logger. The video is showing the menu driven user interface. It is…
Data Logger Deluxe Version Almost Done
Just to let you know the deluxe version of the data logger is almost done. The hardware is ready and tested – currently I finish the menu based software for the data logger. Menu based control with 5 capacitive inputs Record, view records, send records to serial, erase all, settings. Wireless charging.