What can you utilize a Teensy for? A shocking variety of issues!
In case you were not conscious, SparkFun is now the sole producer and gross sales channel companion for PJRC’s beloved Teensy® line. We have been actually blown away by the group’s help and enthusiasm for our favourite small microcontroller (not that we’re biased or something). We have additionally seen a bunch of actually artistic initiatives across the net which might be serving to us perceive what prospects are utilizing Teensy for, but in addition what Teensy is able to. We thought we would spotlight a number of of our favorites on right now’s weblog.
Loom Mild
by Christine Sunu
Loom Mild is a “Teensy pushed LED system lights up the shafts of a 16 shaft desk loom to make weaving simpler. It reads .wif recordsdata from an SD card and has little flippers on both sides that allow you to advance the sample.” There’s a cool video demo on the BSKY hyperlink under explaining how the system works. “Clicking the little buttons causes the decide to advance. Blues are levers that needs to be flipped, whites are ones that should not, and reds are ones that have been beforehand down however now needs to be up. The colour shifts barely on every decide. This helps loads in maintaining monitor of the sample.”
A full record of code, supplies, and wiring may be discovered on the GitHub hyperlink under. What a cool utility for the Teensy 4.1!
Undertaking on GitHub: https://github.com/cmsunu28/loomlight-16
Put up on BSKY: https://bsky.app/profile/christinesunu.bsky.social/put up/3l74fvdx6r52z
Christine’s web site: https://christinesunu.com
2-key keyboard for a rhythm sport.
By Adrian
It is a easy, if probably not satisfyingly-professional wanting venture that happened from somebody desirous to make a light-hearted shock reward for his or her good friend, who is outwardly an avid fan of the rhythm sport OSU!. Little initiatives like this are a good way for learners to be taught a few of the fundamentals round electronics and design! The outcome: a simple-yet-cute little two-key keyboard with a Teensy housed beneath.
All you want are some spare keyboard switches, a 3D-printed case and caps, and Teensy’s built-in Human Interface Machine (HID) mode.
Undertaking referenced from: https://www.pjrc.com/two-key-keyboard/
One Hacker Band makes use of Teensy to make musical devices play themselves!
By Aaron Todd
One Hacker Band (aka Aaron Todd), is a band that makes use of Teensys to regulate devices by way of MIDI. For example, a keyboard taking part in Van Halen on it is personal… (RIP Eddie) say much less! This rad venture makes use of a bunch of servos that pull down on every particular person key, getting enter from a Teensy which is taking in MIDI and deciphering it into the precise servo places.
Aaron does extra than simply keyboards although. Take a look at this fully-automated band protecting Nirvana!
Undertaking referenced from: https://www.pjrc.com/one-hacker-band/
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