#Arduino / #microcontroller #MIDI #drumsequencer project thread, 1/3
This year I finally got into electronics (as a hobby) via the usual route – controlling some lights with an Arduino clone – and since then I’ve been looking for an excuse to design my own PCB.
My friend has picked up DJing so I toyed with building a mini deck, but given my limited exposure to MIDI controllers thought it’d be better to start simple.
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While speccing out photoresistors (for tracking car battery charger status) I remembered seeing a drum sequencer with magnetic wooden pucks as the interface, and started wondering whether I could use them as an input method … by (partially) covering them with Lego bricks! As a bonus, the end "product" should have a pretty nice physical feel to it and even be decently accessible, especially if scaled up to Duplo size.
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Depending on the sensitivity of the resistors and whether half-states are required, it could be possible to get away with less parts (or even zero build plate destruction if a phone camera or a simpler scanning sensor would be used instead) but I happen to have the parts and scraps from a previous project along with the need for an excuse to design a circuit board, so why not? It’s not like they bill by the square inch, right?
Matti