Sensing Part 2: Force Sensitive Resistors and Photocells

In this project I have created a "Musical Instrument" that can be played by applying different force on the force sensor. Along with playing different sound, the desktop application displays the waveform of the music that is being played and the LED on the board also glows brighter and dimmer depending on the force applied. The force sensor is not very accurate (actually its very very inaccurate) so sometimes the  sound seems random but you can control some notes over a period of time.

H/W and S/W Components Used:

1. Force Sensitive Register2

I attached my FSR to a Sriracha bottle as shown in the attached photo. Since I use this spicy sauce on almost every meal and you can squeeze the bottle, I thought it would be a fun everyday object to attch the FSR to. 

I then programmed a ridiculous animation to that I wanted to play when you squeezed the bottle. I programmed the animation based on the "Sequential" example under the "Animation" category.

Description:

Project Description

I used a force sensor and a beanie baby monkey to earn the Monkey Badge.