The following sketch uses the Circuit Playground speaker to play a different tone for each pad when touched.
// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Carter Nelson for Adafruit Industries
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
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// Circuit Playground Capacitive Touch Tones
//
// Play a tone for each touch pad.
// Using 4th octave note frequencies, to nearest 1Hz.
// https://www.seventhstring.com/resources/notefrequencies.html
//
// Author: Carter Nelson
// MIT License (https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
#include <Adafruit_CircuitPlayground.h>
#define CAP_THRESHOLD 50
uint8_t pads[] = {3, 2, 0, 1, 12, 6, 9, 10};
uint8_t numberOfPads = sizeof(pads)/sizeof(uint8_t);
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void takeAction(uint8_t pad) {
Serial.print("PAD "); Serial.print(pad); Serial.print(" playing note: ");
switch (pad) {
case 3:
Serial.println("C");
CircuitPlayground.playTone(262, 100, false);
break;
case 2:
Serial.println("D");
CircuitPlayground.playTone(294, 100, false);
break;
case 0:
Serial.println("E");
CircuitPlayground.playTone(330, 100, false);
break;
case 1:
Serial.println("F");
CircuitPlayground.playTone(349, 100, false);
break;
case 12:
Serial.println("G");
CircuitPlayground.playTone(392, 100, false);
break;
case 6:
Serial.println("A");
CircuitPlayground.playTone(440, 100, false);
break;
case 9:
Serial.println("B");
CircuitPlayground.playTone(494, 100, false);
break;
case 10:
Serial.println("C");
CircuitPlayground.playTone(523, 100, false);
break;
default:
Serial.println("THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN.");
}
}
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boolean capButton(uint8_t pad) {
// Check if capacitive touch exceeds threshold.
if (CircuitPlayground.readCap(pad) > CAP_THRESHOLD) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
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void setup() {
// Initialize serial.
Serial.begin(9600);
// Initialize Circuit Playground library.
CircuitPlayground.begin();
}
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void loop() {
// Loop over every pad.
for (int i=0; i<numberOfPads; i++) {
// Check if pad is touched.
if (capButton(pads[i])) {
// Do something.
takeAction(pads[i]);
}
}
}
Look in the takeAction() function and you will see a call to playTone() for each of the pads. The frequencies correspond to the basic musical notes. With this sketch loaded and running on the Circuit Playground, you should hear different tones played when a pad is touched.
We can use alligator clips and some paper to create a little piano. On a 6"x4" index card or other piece of paper, draw something similar to the picture below.
Now attach the alligator clips to the edge of the paper and the Circuit Playground as shown below.
Once you've clipped the alligators, press the reset button on the Circuit Playground so it will re-calibrate the capacitive touch sensors
To play a note, just touch the alligator clip on the edge of the paper. For example, in the picture below, E is being played.
Try out the following sequence of notes.
C-D-E-C-E-C-E D-E-F-F-E-D-F
Do you recognize the tune? Here's a hint.
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