We have some important news to share about HackSpace: Issue 81 was the last issue of HackSpace as a standalone magazine, and HackSpace has become part of The MagPi, the official Raspberry Pi magazine. Starting with issue 145, We’ll be adding pages to The MagPi to make room for the stories and tutorials you’ve come to expect from HackSpace.
By Ben Everard. Posted
Just because you’re experimenting with stepper motors, perfboard, and a whole nest of wires, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try your best to make your creations beautiful. Take this thoroughly modern musical instrument by Instructables user thisisnomine: in the back it’s your typical maker project, with PCBs, breakout boards, and wiring. From the front, though, it’s a feast of mid-century hardwood, with mother of pearl detailing and a combination of two African hardwoods (Anigre, the light coloured wood, is used here as a veneer, with the rest of the housing made from sapele, which is similar to mahogany).
The music comes from the four stepper motors. These are usually found in robotics projects, as the degree, speed, and direction of rotation can all be controlled in software. The rotation creates noise; when controlled, the noise becomes a note, which the user can change using the capacitive touch keyboard. It’s quite simple, and all the more brilliant for that.
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Cyber clock
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