Senso

In this project we want to build a touch sensitive device (named the Senso) upon which we are able to play programmable music.

As you can see in the first picture our Senso consists of 4 different coloured plexiglass plates that each can be pressed to play music on them. Below each plexiglass plate we will put 2 light-emitting diodes (LED).

The Game program is as follows: Every note of the music track has to be played by the user by pressing the right one of the 4 coloured buttons. Therefore the button to press is lighted by the 2 LEDs below it. How well the melody is played depends on the speed the user can follow the lights. With some practice you will presumably be able to play it close to the original music's speed.

Needless to say you are once more not forced to use the game program described above as you can also implement your own program for the microcontroller. For this project we will use the PICAXE microcontroller again. Continue on next page with the construction of the board.