The final product in action

The Bell Chorus

It is all finished now.

Breadboard Finished

It looks messy put our breadboard wiring for the bell chorus is finished.

Bread Board

Our Breadboard is almost completely wired.

The Design takes Structure

Bell Layout

There as been an alteration to our design and layout of our bell orchestra

The Song

The song that we are making our bell orchestra is Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

The Concept is coming along

This is one of the bell sections that will be apart of our bell orchestra. The bell is paired with a solenoid that will ping the bell.

Code Testing

A sneak peak at the Arduino code we are writing for our solenoids in order for them to be able to strike our bells and make a sound.

Class Time

Max and Andrew working on the wiring of our Arduino and breadboards during class

Working with K'nex

Our bell support structure is coming along well.

The structure's horizontal length is 2'-4", the vertical height is 3", and the width is 5.75".

Rough Sketch

-Sound is produced via the solenoid hitting the bells. The bells will be horizontally help up with K'nex so that the solenoids can hit the sides of the bells.
-Sound will be controlled via the code produced from the solenoid.
-The components are all powered by the 12 volt battery.
-The musical range of the instruments will be provided by the bells. The range of the music will be dependent on the apparatus hitting the bell. Two will be hit by metal, two by a mallet, and two by a wooden rod to create different ranges of sound.

Bread Board Testing

Messing with a Solenoid and the bread board in class.

Mock Design - Subject to change

This is a mock sketch of our idea for a self playing bell system. The design is subject to change depending on new information we learn about motors and the Arduino software.

This is a video from class of the group experimenting with servo speeds.

Objective

Our goal as a group is to use roughly 6 servos powered by Arduino to create an automatic bell choir.