Arduino Touch Music – Revisited

This is a short demonstration of different ways to use my Touch Keyboard PCB, revisiting the following previous projects: Arduino MIDI Touch Piano Simple Arduino Music Keyboard Arduino MPR121 Touch Piano https://youtu.be/dc5dEkdLkxY Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second hand equipment for your experiments. I am not responsible for any damage to expensive instruments! This … Continue reading Arduino Touch Music – Revisited →

Touch Keyboard PCB – Part 2

This is the build guide for my Touch Keyboard PCB. Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second hand equipment for your experiments. I am not responsible for any damage to expensive instruments! If you are new to microcontrollers, see the Getting Started pages. Bill of Materials Touch Keyboard PCB (GitHub link below) Pin headers Build … Continue reading Touch Keyboard PCB – Part 2 →

Touch Keyboard PCB

Ever since experimenting with copper tape as a "touch keyboard" I wanted something a little more useful on a pcb. I always quite liked the design of the stylus keyboard for a Stylophone, so that was my starting point. I've not found anything "off the shelf" that wasn't part of another build, so I thought … Continue reading Touch Keyboard PCB →

Arduino MPR121 MIDI Touch Piano

A comment on the Arduino MPR121 Touch Piano pointed out that I never went as far as building a 48-note MIDI touch piano. In principle all the bits are there between that post and the Arduino MIDI Touch Piano so this post brings the two together to do just that. https://youtu.be/fdxiHUlXFbY These are the key Arduino … Continue reading Arduino MPR121 MIDI Touch Piano →

WS003 – Drums and Touch

This is the next of my worksheets collecting together a number of related projects with a single list of parts and a suggested "building order". This time all relating to touch interfaces or percussive projects. This worksheet links together the following projects: Arduino Relay Bolero Arduino MIDI Relay Drumkit Arduino MIDI Relay Servo Drumkit Instant … Continue reading WS003 – Drums and Touch →

Arduino MPR121 Touch Piano

This project uses on off-the-shelf capacitive touch shield or module to provide touch-sensitive pads for a 12 (recommended for beginners) to 48 (advanced) note "piano". https://youtu.be/rq7UWVNde8M These are the key Arduino tutorials for the main concepts used in this project: Adafruit MPR121 12-Key Capacitive Touch Sensor Breakout Tutorial Sparkfun MPR121 Hookup Guide Arduino Tone … Continue reading Arduino MPR121 Touch Piano →