Project Proposal – Piano (go easy on me guys, first proposal here, :] )

Abstract: The proposed project involves using the knowledge acquired from EE 346: Microprocessor Principles and Applications. The piano consists of a series of switches, LEDs, and speakers. Pushing each button generates a distinct specific music note that is played out of the speaker assigned to the specific switch. At the same time the LED lights up for that particular switch as well. The Dragon12-Light microcontroller is programmed so as to receive input from the particular switch pressed, the coding is such that depending on the specific input received, the microcontroller can generate a specific frequency and output a specific note through the speaker corresponding to the switched pressed.

Versimillitude Challenge: Delay routines can be used to increase the base duration of any individual note played

Further challenges can involve setting up the switch arrays and code so that any individual notes can be played at the same time.

A subroutine can be used upon a specific input in order to scale the music note from the switches to different octaves.