Category Archives: Final Year Project

Hooray! My project is working. Flash is looping through each column, on a 1 second timer, checking for keypresses. When it finds an active one, it checks its position. At the moment it’s just tracing the key, all I need … Continue reading →

I’ve reserved a nice shiny HD camera from the media hub to record my showreel. I think to showcase the project properly, it makes sense to include the full process – the ideas, inspiration, and other projects too, as well … Continue reading →

The BlinkM Music Visualizer project uses an Arduino, a LM386N opamp circuit and multiple BlinkM LED units to visualise music. The audio is fed through a mono input to the the Arduino enclosure, and the whole thing is powered by … Continue reading →

I used Audacity to generate the 8 tones I need – one pitch for each row in the grid. These are from the pentatonic scale, which means that any pitches may be played in any order or combination without clashing. … Continue reading →

Here they are in all their glory – I’m so pleased with how they have turned out! The photo definately does not do them justice… so you’ll have to come to the degree show and pick one up for yourself!

These are the keycodes I’m using. Flash is running a loop of the 8 columns of my grid, watching out for these keys. Flash’s response is to generate the tones – the top row makes the highest pitched tone, down … Continue reading →

Very excitingly, today I made some major progress on my Flash development for my final year project. Flash is reading the keypresses from my severely hacked keyboard, and responding to them with a colourTransform on the respective square of the … Continue reading →

So my LED’s are finally all done! This calls for a celebration! I am so glad this part is over! I stripped 356 20 cm wires, 1cm off each end. I then wrapped each wire around the leg of an … Continue reading →

I have begun the design of my Press Pack to go with my Final Year Project. Here are the designs: Poster Postcard DVD Case Business Card Background I’ve ordered these to be printed – just hope they arrive in time!