Spiral Music Visualization
Displaying notes live as they are being played can be a really powerful learning tool, but it’s usually used to learn how to play a specific instrument. This take on …read more Continue reading Spiral Music Visualization
Category Archives: Teensy
Run UNIX On Microcontrollers With PDP-11 Emulator
C and C++ are powerful tools, but not everyone has the patience (or enough semicolons) to use them all the time. For a lot of us, the preference is for …read more Continue reading Run UNIX On Microcontrollers With PDP-11 Emulator
Teensy MIDI Air Harp Sounds Huge
Some of the coolest sounds come from wild instruments like orchestra strings, fretless basses, and theremins — instruments that aren’t tied down by the constraints of frets and other kinds …read more Continue reading Teensy MIDI Air Harp Sounds Huge
Muggle Uses E-Paper For Daily Prophet Replica
News from the wizarding world is a little hard to come by for common muggles, but [Deep Tronix] has brought us one step closer to our magical counterparts with their …read more Continue reading Muggle Uses E-Paper For Daily Prophet Replica
Kinesis + Teensy = QMK Advantage Over your Keyboard
Back in 2013, [Michael Stapelberg] created what is lovingly referred to as the Stapelberg controller: a replacement keyboard controller for the original Kinesis Advantage, the decades-old darling of the ergonomic …read more Continue reading Kinesis + Teensy = QMK Advantage Over your Keyboard
MIT’s Knitted Keyboard is Quite a Flexible MIDI Controller
There are only so many ways to make noise on standard instruments such as acoustic pianos. Their rigidity and inputs just don’t allow for a super-wide range of expression. On …read more Continue reading MIT’s Knitted Keyboard is Quite a Flexible MIDI Controller
Two-Key Keyboard Build Log Starts Small, But Thinks Big
Interested in making a custom keyboard, but unsure where to start? Good news, because [Jared]’s build log for an adorable “2% Milk” two-key mini-keyboard covers everything you need to know about making a custom keyboard, including how to add optional …read more
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A Smart Speaker That Reminds You It’s Listening
[markw2k9] has an Alexa device that sits in his kitchen and decided it was time to spruce it up with some rather uncanny eyes. With some inspiration from the Adafruit Uncanny Eyes project, which displays similar animated eyes, [markw2k9] designed a 3d printed shell that goes on top of a …read more
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Spin the Video Track with a Mechanical Flair
One of the most difficult user interfaces to get right is video editing. It is complex and fiddly with large amounts of precision required even after four or five hours of straight editing. Seeking to bring some of that interface out into the real world, [Zack Freedman] built a mechanical …read more
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Fat Bottomed-Keebs, You Make the Clackin’ World Go Round
Depending on the circles you run in, it can seem like the mechanical keyboard community is all about reduced layouts, and keebs without ten-keys are about as big as it gets. But trust us, there’s plenty of love out there for the bigger ‘boards like [Ben]’s tasty fat-bottomed keyboard. Man …read more
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