README.md

   1 Code Club - Mini Band Project
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   3 # Updated project for Code Club, using Arduino and Raspberry Pi
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   5 <img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8338/8256708023_4a941566e9.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="photo (2)">
   6
   7 Make your own mini band!
   8 You and your friends can form your own finger-sized band and rock out using Raspberry Pi and Arduino.
   9 Learn how to build circuits with sensors and outputs and write a simple programme to control your instruments.
  10
  11 ## Instructions
  12
  13 The instructions are in the [writeup directory](https://github.com/NeilNjae/miniband/tree/master/writeup); you'll probably want the [instructions PDF](https://github.com/NeilNjae/miniband/tree/master/writeup/miniband.pdf). Code samples are in the [release directory](https://github.com/NeilNjae/miniband/tree/master/release).
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  15 ## You will make:
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  17 * A guitar
  18 * A set of drums
  19 * A pair of maracas
  20
  21 ## You will need:
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  23 * 1 x Raspberry Pi (plus monitor and power supply)
  24 * 1 x Arduino Uno boards (with USB cables)
  25 * 1 x strip potentiometer
  26 * 2 x tilt sensors
  27 * 4 x piezo buzzers (the type in greetings cards, easy to get from Maplin)
  28 * 7 × 10K resistors
  29 * Bread boards (1 per instrument)
  30 * Card
  31 * Sugru (or some other modelling material)
  32 * Electrical tape
  33 * Plastic drinking straw
  34 * Pencil
  35 * Coloured pens (optional)
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  37
  38 ## Software requirements:
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  40 * Scratch
  41 * IDE developer environment for Arduino
  42 * Py Serial library
  43
  44 ## Drum Kit
  45
  46 <img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8074/8257699966_7585ca06e7.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Code Club Miniband"><
  47
  48 ## Guitar
  49
  50 <img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8070/8257698984_8471e4cf57.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Code Club Miniband">
  51
  52 ## Maracas
  53
  54 <img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8346/8257698652_4a99ee24b4.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Code Club Miniband">
  55
  56
  57 ## Useful links:
  58
  59 * [Pictures from the hack day where this was put together](http://bit.ly/codeclubminiband)
  60 * [Ardunio code](https://github.com/KatJoyWhite/miniband/tree/master/arduino)