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> * mp3 trigger with arduino and accelerometer <#group_thread_0> [3
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> mp3 trigger with arduino and accelerometer
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> Alexandra Gelis <i...@alexandragelis.com> Dec 28 01:06PM -0500
> Hi Happy holidays for all of you!!
> I have a short 2 questions.
> First of all, I am trying to create a little box that when its
> move by the
> viewer trigger different sounds depending of the new position of
> the box.
> To be more clear:
> 1. The box is off until the viewer take it, so i need an initial
> switch.
> 2. Depending of the direction of the movement I need to trigger
> 5 different
> sounds, so I was planning to use an accelerometer that captures
> x, Y and z
> values of the position of the box.
> Do you have some suggestions of what kind of accelerometer I can
> use? I
> need the most simple possibility to program, or do you have
> another idea of
> switch that can work for me?
> Right now I am in NYC and I need to find urgent those
> components, where can
> I found it in the city?
> Thanks a lot for all your help.
> Alexandra
> "Alpay Kasal" <al...@litstudios.com> Dec 28 01:30PM -0500
> Hi Alexandra, maybe I can help... I have such a box right now
> controlling the state of my demo room where i control different
> interactive pieces... what i've found - and this could totally
> be me
> doing something wrong or my choice to use AA batteries - but my
> accelerometer "drifts" over time, which can be very frustrating
> when
> you expect the cube to work well as a cube at perpindicular
> angles to
> gravity. I think i just need to switch to a better lithium ion
> power
> source, maybe someone else can chime in on this. i decided to
> rebuild
> it using tilt switches... unlike an acceleromter, this is a
> mechanical
> on/off switch driven by gravity. there is a mercury version (a
> drop of
> mercury inside a cavity rolls around with gravity) and a more earth
> frienly version is based on a ball bearing. the only drawbak
> (maybe not
> a drawback) with the ball bearing switch is that you can
> actually hear
> the ball inside it's brass casing. i'm using multiple switch for
> all
> axii of my cube and it is audible.maybe the mercury switches are
> better
> for your application.
> also using a air of xbees to wirelessly talk to a computer in my
> case... this would work for you if you're driving audio from a
> computer. if you want to drive audio from within your cube, lady
> ada's
> wave shield is a pretty easy assmembly. it works well.
> how big is your box? and does it need to be wireless? if it's reall
> small, maybe just use a microcontroller (just the chip), xbee, the
> sensor(s) of your choice, and a power source. if it has some
> elbow room
> inside, you could keep a arduino inside and use wifi off the new
> boards
> (though this will eat your battery quickly), and have the wave
> shield
> in there with a small speaker.
> ps: I just looked at your website, great work there!
> Alpay Kasal
> Artist/Engineer
> http://Supertou.ch
> twitter: @alpaykasal
> blog: http://blog.LitStudios.com
> On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:06:46 -0500, Alexandra Gelis wrote:
> Hi Happy holidays for all of you!!I have a short 2 questions.
> First of all, I am trying to create a little box that when its
> move by
> the viewer trigger different sounds depending of the new
> position of
> the box. To be more clear:
> 1. The box is off until the viewer take it, so i need an initial
> switch.
> 2. Depending of the direction of the movement I need to trigger 5
> different sounds, so I was planning to use an accelerometer that
> captures x, Y and z values of the position of the box.
> Do you have some suggestions of what kind of accelerometer I can
> use?
> I need the most simple possibility to program, or do you have
> another
> idea of switch that can work for me?
> Right now I am in NYC and I need to find urgent those
> components, where
> can I found it in the city?
> Thanks a lot for all your help.
> Alexandra
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> "Alpay Kasal" <al...@litstudios.com> Dec 28 01:33PM -0500
> i just remembered, one of my videos shows my version of the box in
> action very briefly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NMErVZkXXA
> Alpay Kasal
> Artist/Engineer
> http://Supertou.ch
> twitter: @alpaykasal
> blog: http://blog.LitStudios.com
> On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:06:46 -0500, Alexandra Gelis wrote:
> Hi Happy holidays for all of you!!I have a short 2 questions.
> First of all, I am trying to create a little box that when its
> move by
> the viewer trigger different sounds depending of the new
> position of
> the box. To be more clear:
> 1. The box is off until the viewer take it, so i need an initial
> switch.
> 2. Depending of the direction of the movement I need to trigger 5
> different sounds, so I was planning to use an accelerometer that
> captures x, Y and z values of the position of the box.
> Do you have some suggestions of what kind of accelerometer I can
> use?
> I need the most simple possibility to program, or do you have
> another
> idea of switch that can work for me?
> Right now I am in NYC and I need to find urgent those
> components, where
> can I found it in the city?
> Thanks a lot for all your help.
> Alexandra
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