Paper Piano

Welcome to our Project Blog for Mechanical Design Lab 1!

 

Team Members:

 

 

Colby Sedlier

Ross Wholley

(Not Pictured: Chinkrisna Rath)

 

 

The overarching goal of this project is to grasp a better understanding of how to use Arduino with a "hands on" experience. It will allow our group to work collaboratively with the end result being something that we created ourselves rather than just being handed or buying something.

 

As a group, we plan on creating a paper piano that will function as a typical piano. It will allow a user to simply "tap" the paper "keys", and in return, produce a sound either coming from an attached speaker or another device. We plan on utilizing the conductivity of the graphite from a pencil to transmit the electrical signals to the Arduino and in effect, produce a sound due to a programmed code. We may decide to also incorporate LED lights that correspond directly to a single note or key however, at this time, this decision has still not been made final.

 

 

The following video is similar to how our final Arduino project will function and similar to what it may look like.

 

This video helps show and explain how the paper piano will be made as the graphite from the pencil will act as a conductor for electricity to send signal through the attached wires.