It's raining bits!

From Music Hack Day

Contents 1 It's raining bits! 2 Creator(s) 3 About the hack 4 What APIs, tools, kits or other ammenities did you use? 5 Media 6 Source code and links 7 Multimeter im Regen Song

[edit] It's raining bits!

A musical umbrella which detects falling raindrops and turns them into 8bit music.

[edit] Creator(s)

• Alice Zappe
• Julia Läger

[edit] About the hack

We basically wanted to make walking in the rain more fun (for 8bit fans). It was kind of hard to find a shop in Amsterdam which sells watering cans (since it did not rain we needed one for testing) - it took us almost two hours to finally find a watering can that met the basic standards. In the land tulips! Unbelievable... We'd also like to thank Peter the little multimeter for helping us measuring all the voltages.

[edit] What APIs, tools, kits or other ammenities did you use?

12 piezo sensors, Arduino Uno, two speakers, lots of wire and duct tape.

[edit] Media

Beep!

[edit] Source code and links

Beep, beep, beep!

[edit] Multimeter im Regen Song

Was regt sich dort im Regen? Was tut sich da bewegen?

Es ist Peter! Das kleine Multimeter!

Es mißt den Strom in Volt und Ohm - es kann noch mehr - auch in Ampere (Ampeter)!

Weißt du mal nicht weeter, frag einfach Peter - das kleine Multimeter!