How an Italian Microcontroller is Changing Music

Talk given at Campus Party Berlin in August 2012 about the Arduino platform and its impact on the arts community.

Transcript

1. How an Italian Microcontoller is Changing Music Twitter: @codasign_ @theleadingzero http://codasign.com becky@codasign.com
3. What is a microcontroller?
4. microcontroller processor memory programmable interrupts
5. http://www.antiquetech.com/pictures%20full-size/TMS1000.jpg 1974 TI begins selling TMS 1000
6. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/TI_SpeakSpell_no_shadow.jpg
7. Di!cult to re-program if at all http://www.mikroe.com/img/publication/pic-books/programming-in-basic/chapter/01/fig0-22.gif
8. http://www.wingstech.com.ph/Content/images/products/130-114.jpg 1993 Atmel introduces programmable chip with Flash, PIC 16C84 with EEPROM
9. Need peripheral things like voltage regulator and other components Use a programmer to upload new code
10. BASIC Stamp education platform Around since 1990s http://www.colinfahey.com/basic_stamp_computer/2002june02_basicstamp_large_adj01.jpg
11. since 2001 by Ben Fry and Casey Reas while at MIT Media Lab IDE and language based on Java
12. 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
13. 2005 at Interaction Design Institute Ivrea
14. Why is accessibility to development important?
21. Musical Microcontrollers
22. 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
23. 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
24. micro blackdeath by Martin Howse Noise synth art project based around Atmel microcontroller.
25. micro blackdeath by Martin Howse Noise synth art project based around Atmel microcontroller.
26. Singing Pig in Wig by me Hand knit toy that sings a di!erent song with each wig.
27. Singing Pig in Wig by me Hand knit toy that sings a di!erent song with each wig.
28. 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/
29. art + electronics + code
30. becky@codasign.com @theleadingzero @codasign_ http://codasign.com