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Category: DeepNote Guitar Hero Bot

Auto LED indicator and switch installation

Programming continued today. In fact, we are essentially rewriting the code to better take advantage of the propeller chip’s many IO pins. In addition to that, we installed an LED above the rocker switch to indicate when autonomous mode is activated, and installed a hex switch (0-15), that will allow[…]

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Program Tweaking

As we prepare for our final circuit boards to arrive, we have been fine tuning our programming. Today involved trying to learn assembly language, a programming form that allows for faster execution of code, but is signifigantly more difficult to write correctly. Some aspects of our project execute a bit[…]

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Guitar Mods, Program Tweaking, PCB Building

Work on the guitar has been continuing at a steady rate. What has been going on: We’ve installed the d-sub connection into the side of the guitar We’ve installed a switch above the whammy bar that will turn autonomous mode on or off We’re still working on trying to mold[…]

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First Working Guitar Hero Bot Prototype!

Today we completed our first working bot prototype! It is by no means perfect yet, but it’s working pretty damn well, as you can see in the youtube video embedded below. In addition to getting that working today, we also made button molds so we can create our own transparent[…]

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More Guitar Wiring and Testing

Today was another big day for the guitar hero bot. Firstly, we finished up wiring all of the internals for the guitar, including wrapping the wires in heatshrink tubing to keep them tidy. Additionally, we cut an opening at the top of the guitar to act as a receptacle for[…]

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Reverse Engineering the Guitar Hero X-plorer

We got a whole lot done today. On the programming side of things, we’ve been working on getting the signals to go in through the microprocessor. There are a few things that the processor has to take care of…It needs to take in all signals simultaneously, and record their values[…]

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First stage of guitar hero bot is complete!

We’ve successfully gotten the first stage of our guitar hero bot working. In the video below, you can see a prototype of our photodiode circuit correctly viewing the notes on the screen, and blinking the LED appropriately. For now, We are only detecting the green notes, but more are soon[…]

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Coming Soon: the Real-Time Guitar Hero Bot

So I’ve started my 6-week internship with Convolve Inc. along with 4 of my friends. It’s essentially a mechanical engineering firm; they do a lot of computer and hard drive work. Anyways, our project will be to build an automated guitar hero player. Yes, I know it’s been done before,[…]

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