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Atari Punk Console + mods

Next in line for my ongoing ‘One Instrument a Week’ project is an Atari Punk Console with a few mods to make it more interesting.

The basic schematics for the APC are pretty simple:

The entire thing is built around a cheap 556 dual timer IC. GetLoFi sells a kit, but I chose to get the [...]

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DFRobot 4WD Arduino Mobile Platform

I just got my DFRobot 4WD Arduino Mobile Platform from RobotShop (Arduino not included).

The whole kit was pretty simple to put together, and DFRobot throws in a couple of nice extras like a toggle switch for power, and a female receptacle you can use for your charging system. All in all, it seems like [...]

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MidiStylus – Wacom Bamboo Tablet to MIDI

One of my most recent toys is a Wacom Bamboo pen tablet.
I’m using it for developing animations for an old school Sierra-style adventure game that I’m working on, but I started thinking that it would be an interesting way to interact with music software via MIDI. The tablet registers pressure as well as X [...]

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