Hello!
I am part of a group working to create a product under crunch time as part of a camp. We have a budget of $500.
The idea at this point that we need help with is converting music to vibration. We found a pretty helpful link:
However, we have little knowledge in this subject. I've been able to figure out a lot of it but we have a few questions that we'd love to have help with.
These are REALLY basic.
-Does the arduino chip have to be that size or can we use a smaller one?
-Same for the breadboard, is that size critical?
-Is there any way to have the vibration be wireless, meaning the arduino board and the vibrating things would not be connected.
Thanks so much, feel free to ask questions as I may not have been clear enough.
-The Blue Team
trigonometry:
-Does the arduino chip have to be that size or can we use a smaller one?
-Same for the breadboard, is that size critical?
You can use Arduino Mini or Pro Mini or Nano - all are smaller.
The breadboard only has to have enough connections for your circuit - there are other ways
to build a circuit like stripboard too.
-Is there any way to have the vibration be wireless, meaning the arduino board and the vibrating things would not be connected.
Yes, there are various wireless methods, from simple FM transmitter-receiver pairs, ISM transceiver
modules, to networks of Xbees. All have complexity and cost compared to wired (unless the wires would
be really long and cost a lot of copper).
The Arduino Uno is the easiest board to start with, and it has that size.
You can use a smaller one like the Arduino Mini Pro, but you need an extra converter to connect it to an usb cable.
The Arduino Nano is not that small, but still small, and has a usb connector.
The Arduino Micro is also small.
You could use a wearable one, like the Arduino Lilypad.
If you have the time, you could start with the Arduino Uno, and try a smaller one later.
The size of the breadboard doesn't matter. You can do the project even without it.
P.S.: While I was typing this, MarkT wrote the same answer.
Wireless is possible.
The most simple solution is the very cheap 433MHz modules from Ebay, together with the VirtualWire library.
If we use the arduino lilypad will it have enough... output(?) to work with what we need to put together?
I'm sorry to sound so knowledgeable, I'm just starting to learn this.
What would be the easiest or cheapest way to do wireless?