Singing Motor hurt by Fuuko (Test) [HD]

Just a little test for a completely-remade version of the singing motor from 2007 which I made with my brother. This time, it's controlled by my not-yet-released program Bawami (a MIDI player), via an Arduino and a Sabertooth motor speed controller.

Much more info is in the video, just like old times! =D

Bawami works out the speed the motor needs to run at to hit each note. It sends that info to the Arduino, which displays info on an LCD and passes it on to the motor speed controller, using dithering to improve the resolution from 122 speeds to 488 speeds. In the future, Bawami should be able to control any 2 DC motors at a time, plus the 2 stepper motors I've shown in previous videos.

The music is Fuuko Ibuki's theme, 「は～りぃすたーふぃっしゅ」 ("Hurry, Starfish"), from the visual novel Clannad. It's a MIDI (which I didn't make) playing on my program.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• music
• electronic
• motor
• Arduino
• Bawami
• Clannad
• Fuuko
• Ibuki
• Hurry
• Starfish
• は～りぃすたーふぃっしゅ
• 風子
• クラナド

[djlyngo]

what is your hardware set up?

[SomethingUnreal]

@djlyngo: For the hardware, there's just an Arduino Mega and a Sabertooth 2x5-amp motor speed controller. The Arduino sends commands to the Sabertooth via one of its serial ports. A program I made reads a MIDI file using Mabry's MIDI library, and passes to the Arduino info on up to 4 notes. There's more info in my video "Duke Nukem music on Stepper Bass Box", although I used stepper motors rather than DC motors in that video. The most complex part is the software, not the hardware.

[SotaSystems]

OMG! it's final fantasy! o_o"

[SomethingUnreal]

@SotaSystems: What, Sota? xD

[vinceandlilly]

I can't wait until Bawami is released! What editing software did you use to make the picture-in-picture? It's really smooth-looking when it goes from small to big at 1:20

[SomethingUnreal]

It's all done with a little-known-of program called Magix Movie Edit Pro 15. It's cheap for this kind of software, but extremely buggy. I suppose you get what you pay for. If you keep saving and make backups of the projects, it's quite usable, in my opinion.

[SotaSystems]

@SomethingUnreal Nevamaind, nigga xD

[H3nryHomesweet]

Awesome!

[mayapple42]

Really fun! Thanks for sharing!

[DarkMatter93]

hahahahahahahahha! This video is so awesome!

[SomethingUnreal]

I'm glad you like the weird things that I do.