How cool would it be to make your own piano where you just hover your finger above the IR Sensors!
And yes, it’s true.This is anEBot(micro-controller developed by CBits) controlled Piano with some infrared sensors to detect our fingers at a short distance. Without wasting further time; let’s get on with it!
Step 1: Materials Needed
We have used the following components for this project all of which can be found over here.
- EBot8 micro-controller
- 7 Infrared senors
- Buzzer
- Programming Cable
- Jumper Cables
- Battery pack for power supply
- Cover (we used a box)
Now let’s wire it up:
Step 2: Let’s Connect
To be honest, this is the most simple wiring you might have ever seen.
Just connect the 7 IR Sensors properly according to the Signal(S), Ground(G), Voltage(V) to the White, Red & Black pins respectively on the micro-controller’s left-hand side [{A0>A1>A2>A3>A4>A5>A6}7 pins for all 7 IR sensors].
Last but not the least; connect the buzzer to right hand side according to the same method explained previously (
Signal(S), Ground(G), Voltage(V) to the White, Red & Black pins respectively).
That’s it the wiring has been finished. yep! It has been that simple. No lets move on with debugging.
Step 3: Debugging
Now to make sure our Infrared sensors are working perfectly we need to debug it which means to identify and remove errors from (computer hardware or software).
- Open up your EBot Blockly app on your computer.
- Select Input Readings/Debug.
- Select from the drop down list- ‘Infrared Sensor’.
- Select the pin in which your first Infrared Sensor is fitted upon. (P.S. you can only check one sensor at a time.)
- Click ‘Debug’.
- Do the same for the second sensor.
- After the downloading is complete and showing values from both the sensors, we can proceed with coding.
(Note: If the debugging encountered with an error, try again, check the connection. If not, then replace the sensor and try again.)
Step 4: Design
After dong all the other steps, fit all the circuitry into a simple layout of a box according to your wish.leave some place between the sensors and the buzzers.
Step 5: Coding
Simply copy the blockly code from the above image and you are all set.
Step 6: Demo Video
Feel free to ask any doubts in the comments section and we will surely respond. Give more ideas and we will try our best!
Source: EBot8 IR Piano
