Hi there. I purchased a PowerGig guitar and extracted the hexaphonic pickup from it to connect to my arduino ,but I don't have much knowledge with electronics so I'm having trouble connecting it to my arduino. I just want to be able to read the signals coming from the pickups as analog and use it for my project, but I don't know how to build the circuit, what connects to what, etc. If anyone has any knowledge on this that would be much appreciated! (Pictures posted above)
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Thanks for the description of what a hexaphonic pickup is. What is the voltage level of output? What does the waveform look like on an oscilloscope? Probably is AC. Arduino can only measure DC. Usually 0 to 5 volts.
So, once you know the voltage output of the pickup, you can design an amplifier to bring it up to the 0 to 5 volt range, then rectify and filter it to get a DC signal for the Arduino.
You will have to do this for each of the pickup windings.
Paul