MDDN 251: Process during the Project II

Virtual Keyboard idea fail :( it should be work if the coding upload and just using any conductive object

That is my original idea for hacking the keyboard to make the virtual keyboard to replace the functionality of any six key from the computer... However, after I follow my research and start to get all components done, I start to try using the hacking usb connect to the computer (it is working actually, shows the on status for the board) But cannot see any reasons why upload the coding on Arduino and did not get any response.

The following circuit board idea for the virtual keyboard.

So let us start the second one, as tutor suggest me try to use the first project with the arduino - keyboard piano to get link with each other. But i thought might be change more functionality to create the good one.

Below two images are from the interactive generative art program called silk

Try to get some idea like the nice pattern created by user themselves was might a good idea

This is the second experiment for the solar led light... actually because of lack of the analog input/output
it could not work out either. I tried to work it out, but seems the 4051 multiplexer is a problem to solve about that. From the coding part, it only have one called value for the whole control, seems the button is quite easy but for the solar light panel, as notice last time, it depends on vary light condition.

After the fist approach failed, I continue try to work out the 4051 problem with the serial communication. Time getting closer and closer so anything must be quick as possible.

Randomly, search around some nice project for MIDI keyboard, but it not work for my project since it use the piezo like i did for the last time. But this is i will use the sound produce by the Processing library so I start to look at SoundCipher library for more information and tutorial. There are plenty of the musical data visualization on the website but did not see too much for the 'real time'. I mean the real time in here is like they produce or drag one MP3 file into their project, so it is just like the function for the Windows Media Player or something else...

So I start to focus on the final idea... fix out 4051 serial communication problem, try to link it with the processing. And i made it.. and it seems not actually that hard to achieve once you know what their functionality does. Start to create some dynamics pattern or have movement pattern link with processing and arduino. I used soundcipher for the sound part created by the library itself, and led once you press the button you will get the light feedback from the processing.