Prototype 2...
So I bought an 8-ohm speaker to see if the speaker will generate audio powerful enough that if I stuck it into something, I could feel the sound. And just for testing purposes, I used this tutorial for the circuit and right now, I'm not caring about original audio/code, just to get it to do something to test the effect. Then I can worry about the audio bc if I'm not getting the effect I want, the details don't matter. And so, I had to update my Arduino, lots of troubleshooting and in the end, it uploaded to the board and nothing was happening. I'm not sure why. I'm tired. I'm thinking of going home and cracking open my ipod speakers again just to turn on music from the ipod, stuff the speaker into something and test it that way. This process is giving me lots of literal headaches, asthma and loss of sleep.
In the meantime, I took a picture of the circuit I did before I pulled it apart- it's the same one from the tutorial, just not as pretty unfortunately.
I'm thinking of just having Arduino get the audio files from Flash, that way Arduino just acts as a mediator, each audio file acting as it's own switch and just like I made that Christmas card a while back where I got it to work on the keyboard and those keyboard keys translated as switches with the Arduino where I made physical switches out of clothes pins and metal, the same plan. Switch outside computer activated, go to Flash, play file. The end. Hopefully it's as simple as it sounds?
I'm on my way to my old Electronics class to see if I can take out an adapter and hopefully a volt meter? Later I'll see if I can get the darn 8-ohm speaker to do something first whether using Arduino or by an analog circuit. I'm calling it a night. My head hurts...
In the meantime, I took a picture of the circuit I did before I pulled it apart- it's the same one from the tutorial, just not as pretty unfortunately.
I'm thinking of just having Arduino get the audio files from Flash, that way Arduino just acts as a mediator, each audio file acting as it's own switch and just like I made that Christmas card a while back where I got it to work on the keyboard and those keyboard keys translated as switches with the Arduino where I made physical switches out of clothes pins and metal, the same plan. Switch outside computer activated, go to Flash, play file. The end. Hopefully it's as simple as it sounds?
I'm on my way to my old Electronics class to see if I can take out an adapter and hopefully a volt meter? Later I'll see if I can get the darn 8-ohm speaker to do something first whether using Arduino or by an analog circuit. I'm calling it a night. My head hurts...