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How an Italian Microcontoller
is Changing Music
Twitter: @codasign_
@theleadingzero
http://codasign.com
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What is a microcontroller?
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microcontroller
processor memory
programmable interrupts
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http://www.antiquetech.com/pictures%20full-size/TMS1000.jpg
1974 TI begins selling TMS 1000
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/TI_SpeakSpell_no_shadow.jpg
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Di!cult to re-program if at all
http://www.mikroe.com/img/publication/pic-books/programming-in-basic/chapter/01/fig0-22.gif
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http://www.wingstech.com.ph/Content/images/products/130-114.jpg
1993 Atmel introduces programmable
chip with Flash, PIC 16C84 with EEPROM
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Need peripheral things like
voltage regulator and other
components
Use a programmer to upload new
code
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BASIC Stamp education platform
Around since 1990s
http://www.colinfahey.com/basic_stamp_computer/2002june02_basicstamp_large_adj01.jpg
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since 2001 by Ben Fry and
Casey Reas while at MIT
Media Lab
IDE and language based
on Java
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Wiring is an open project initiated
by Hernando Barragán during his
masters in 2003 under Massimo
Banzi and Casey Reas.
http://www.maartenlamers.com/ThisIsWiring/images/wiringboard1.jpg
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2005 at Interaction Design Institute Ivrea
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Why is accessibility to
development important?
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Musical Microcontrollers
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Video - https://vimeo.com/38598247#
http://afroditipsarra.com/index.php?/on-going/rolandpad/
Roland' s TR-909 drum machine combined with soft circuitry
RolandPad by Afroditi Psarra
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Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLzyOmzL9Vg&feature=player_embedded
Dry the River Listening Posters by FOAM
Posters that let you listen to the band over a tin can.
http://www.foamagency.com/Dry-the-River-Listening-Posters
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micro blackdeath by Martin Howse
Noise synth art project based around Atmel microcontroller.
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micro blackdeath by Martin Howse
Noise synth art project based around Atmel microcontroller.
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Singing Pig in Wig by me
Hand knit toy that sings a di!erent song with each wig.
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Singing Pig in Wig by me
Hand knit toy that sings a di!erent song with each wig.
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Video - http://www.itv.com/news/london/2012-04-20/imogen-heaps-musical-gloves/
Imogen Heap’s Gloves by The Gloves Team
Gloves as musical controller and bolero as visual feedback.
http://imogenheap.com/thegloves/
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art + electronics + code