Arduino - Play the Piezo

Play The Piezo !
The aim of this project is to generate music through motion thanks to accelerometers.

- 1 3-axis accelerometer
- 1 arduino card
- 1 speaker
- 1 song able to challenge the crap sound of the speaker

The code is basic : the song rhythm is implemented and before each time step, the glove senses the gravity direction and chooses one of the three notes of the song.

The code is below.

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/*
December 28 2012 - Sebastien RUBRECHT
Attempt to play a cool music with a crap speaker, hoping that the "cool" will compensate the "crap".
The music is "where is my mind" from The Pixies, which is really easy to play.
*/

#define AUTO 0 // Automatic mode : if 1, the music is played automatically.

// Pins
const int analogInPinX = 0;  // Analog input pin that the Accelerometer's first pin is attached to
const int analogInPinY = 1;  // Analog input pin that the Accelerometer's second pin is attached to
const int analogInPinZ = 2;  // Analog input pin that the Accelerometer's third pin is attached to
const int tone1Pin = 9;  // tone output signal

const int highPin1 = 11;  //5 V alimentation
const int highPin2 = 12;  //5 V alimentation
const int lowPin1 = 5; //ground for one of the 2 accelerometer gnd.
const int lowPin2 = 6; //ground for one of the 2 accelerometer gnd.

const int ledOKPinGnd = 8;  //ground for OK Pin
const int ledOKPinH = 10; // 5 V alimentation for OK Pin
const int ledNOKPinGnd = 2; //ground for NOK Pin
const int ledNOKPinH = 4;  // 5 V alimentation for NOK Pin

//constant values
const float freq_rediese0 = 38.9;//frequency of a sharp Re in Hz, for octave 0
const float freq_mi0 = 41.2;//frequency of a Mi in Hz, for octave 0
const float freq_soldiese0 = 51.9;//frequency of a sharp Sol in Hz, for octave 0

//constant user defined parameters
const int octave=4;//octave number. Be careful, below 2(low) and above 6 (acute), it gets very ugly
const int temps=380;//number of milliseconds for 1 musical note. 380 is the real rhythm, but beginning with 600 is easier to learn

//variables
float freq_rediese = freq_rediese0*pow(2, octave); //frequency of a sharp Re in Hz, for the retained octave
float freq_mi = freq_mi0*pow(2, octave);//frequency of a Mi in Hz, for the retained octave
float freq_soldiese = freq_soldiese0*pow(2, octave);//frequency of a sharp Sol in Hz, for the retained octave

int noire;//time of a crotchet note
int croche;//temps of a quaver note
float frequence;//frequency played

int sensorValue1;        // value read from the Accelerometer's first pin
int sensorValue2;        // value read from the Accelerometer's second pin
int sensorValue3;        // value read from the Accelerometer's second pin

void setup() {
  pinMode(tone1Pin, OUTPUT);

  pinMode(highPin1, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(highPin2, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(lowPin1, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(lowPin2, OUTPUT);

  pinMode(ledOKPinGnd, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(ledOKPinH, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(ledNOKPinGnd, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(ledNOKPinH, OUTPUT);

  digitalWrite(lowPin1, LOW);
  digitalWrite(lowPin2, LOW);
  digitalWrite(highPin1, HIGH);
  digitalWrite(highPin2, HIGH);

  digitalWrite(ledOKPinGnd, LOW);
  digitalWrite(ledNOKPinGnd, LOW);
}

void loop() {
  noire= temps;
  croche = temps/2;

  //"where is my mind" is 4 * (1mi + 1sol#) ; 2 * (1re# + 1sol#); 2 * (1mi + 1/2mi + 1/2re#).
  for(int j=0; j<4 ; j++) //4 * (1mi + 1sol#)
  {
    frequence = acqNote(freq_mi); //gets the direction of the higher acceleration from the sensor and returns the assofrequency. The theoretical good one is a Mi.
    note(frequence, noire);// plays the frequency returned at the previous line during 1 "noire" time.
    frequence = acqNote(freq_soldiese);
    note(frequence, noire);
  }
  for(int j=0; j<2 ; j++) //2 * (1re# + 1sol#);
  {
    frequence = acqNote(freq_rediese);
    note(frequence, noire);
    frequence = acqNote(freq_soldiese);
    note(frequence, noire);
  }
  for(int j=0; j<2 ; j++) // 2 * (1mi + 1/2mi + 1/2re#)
  {
    frequence = acqNote(freq_mi);
    note(frequence, noire);
    frequence = acqNote(freq_mi);
    note(frequence, croche);
    frequence = acqNote(freq_rediese);
    note(frequence, croche);
  }
}

void note(float freq, int duration)
{
  //The function "note"  plays a note at frequency "freq" (Hz) during "duration" (ms)

  //conversion of the frequency into a semi period
  double semiperiod_micros =1/(double(freq))*1000000*0.5;

  long duree=long(duration);
  unsigned long a = millis();
  while (millis() < (a+duree))
  {
    digitalWrite(tone1Pin, HIGH);
    delayMicroseconds(int(semiperiod_micros));  
    digitalWrite(tone1Pin, LOW);
    delayMicroseconds(int(semiperiod_micros));
  }
  //In order to separate the notes (it sounds better), small delays.
  if (duration>300)
  {delay(15);}
  else
  {delay(7);}
}

float acqNote(float freq_ref){

  //"acqNote" gets the acceleration in the 3 directions from the sensor, selects the highest and returns the associated frequency.
  // If it matches the theoretical good frequency "freq_ref", it switches on the green led, else the red led.

  float freq;

  // reads the both analog input values:
  sensorValue1 = analogRead(analogInPinX); 
  sensorValue2 = analogRead(analogInPinY); 
  sensorValue3 = analogRead(analogInPinZ);

  //returns the index of the max of 3 values
  if ((max(max(sensorValue1,sensorValue2),sensorValue3))==sensorValue1){
    freq = freq_rediese;
  }
  else if ((max(max(sensorValue1,sensorValue2),sensorValue3))==sensorValue2){
    freq = freq_mi;
  }
  else {
    freq = freq_soldiese;
  }

  //switches on the green led if the frequency found is the theoretical good one, else the red one.
  if (freq==freq_ref){
    digitalWrite(ledOKPinH,HIGH);
    digitalWrite(ledNOKPinH,LOW);
  }
  else{
    digitalWrite(ledOKPinH,LOW);
    digitalWrite(ledNOKPinH,HIGH);
  }
  if (AUTO){
    return freq_ref;
  }
  else {
    return freq;
  }

};