Make Your Own Musical Floppy Drive

Finally the video tutorial you've all been asking for!

(Make sure you've got annotations turned on for some important tips and corrections!)

As I say in the video, I'm sorry if the quality isn't quite up to par, it's my first time using Windows to make a video and I'm still learning. Below are links to the components mentioned in the video (at least those available online). Questions and comments are, as always, welcome and encouraged.

TUTORIAL IN OTHER LANGUAGES
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Italian:
http://leganerd.com/2012/03/20/diy-mo...
German:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfFFL0...

ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE TUTORIAL
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optionen100 has created a more in-depth tutorial on the software setup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiE9Oa...

SOFTWARE LINKS
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Java 6:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/jav...

NetBeans:
http://netbeans.org/downloads/index.html

Ardunio Software:
http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software

TimerOne Library:
http://code.google.com/p/arduino-time...

Moppy:
(New Version) https://github.com/SammyIAm/Moppy/tre...
(Original) https://github.com/SammyIAm/Moppy/


RXTXcomm:
http://users.frii.com/jarvi/rxtx/

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  Science & Technology

[Sobaksu]

I managed to get this working with my MIDI keyboard, but it only plays on one drive at a time. Is there any way I can have it play on my others so I can play chords?

[Sammy1Am]

Check out the Moppy-Advanced branch on GitHub. It supports MIDI keyboards, and also has a "drive pooling" feature that will let you spread notes across all your drives.

[FSstudios1]

his voice is so epic.. lol

[Stoney Brooks]

I am having an odd problem and am wondering if anyone else has encountered this. I am wiring one of the floppies and testing the wires to make the motor move. It will work fine for 3-15 seconds, then no matter what, the motor will not move. The light on the front on the floppy will flicker like it is receiving the signal, but nothing happens.

Thoughts?

[Sammy1Am]

(5:30) Basically, where the first drive is connected to pins 2 and 3 on the Arduino, the second will be connected to pins 4 and 5. The next on 6 and 7, &c. No code changes necessary for up to 8 drives.

[greed54530]

Excuse me I am novice. How do you do the connections for additional floppies? Should I change the code? How.

[Sammy1Am]

Er, take a listen to 5:30 in the tutorial video again, but no, one Arduino is enough for several floppy drives.