# PianoGlove

## What you'll need

http://youtu.be/awZ2ElCgnAo

The PianoGlove uses a TCS34725 to sense colors, a NeoPixel LED to 'play' those colors back visually, a VS1053 Codec board to play them back aurally, and a Flora wearable microcontroller to handle all the conversion & communication between them.

Prerequisite guides:

- [Getting Started with FLORA](http://learn.adafruit.com/getting-started-with-flora)
- [Flora NeoPixels](http://learn.adafruit.com/flora-rgb-smart-pixels)
- [Adafruit Color Sensors](http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-color-sensors)
- [VS1053 Codec Breakout Tutorial (MIDI Section)](http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-vs1053-mp3-aac-ogg-midi-wav-play-and-record-codec-tutorial/overview "Link: http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-vs1053-mp3-aac-ogg-midi-wav-play-and-record-codec-tutorial/overview")  

To build your own PianoGlove, you'll need the following items:

- [Flora](http://www.adafruit.com/products/659)
- [VS1053 Codec Breakout](http://www.adafruit.com/products/1381 "Link: http://www.adafruit.com/products/1381") (includes 3.5mm jack)
- [Lithium Ion Polymer Battery](http://www.adafruit.com/products/1317 "Link: http://www.adafruit.com/products/1317")  
- [Flora Color Sensor](http://www.adafruit.com/products/1356)
- [Flora RGB Smart Neo Pixel](http://www.adafruit.com/products/1260)  
- [Perma-Proto Half-sized Breadboard PCB](http://www.adafruit.com/products/571 "Link: http://www.adafruit.com/products/571")  
- Fabric glove
- Wire
- Needle & thread
- [Soldering iron](http://www.adafruit.com/products/180) & [solder](http://www.adafruit.com/products/145)
- [Wire cutters](http://www.adafruit.com/products/152)
- Computer & [USB cable](http://www.adafruit.com/products/260) to program Flora

In this tutorial, we'll be using an inexpensive black glove from a costume shop, but do feel free to experiment & improvise with any other types of gloves, wearables, or whatever inspires you.

Once you've gathered all your gear, we can move on to building the electronics …

- [Next Page](https://learn.adafruit.com/pianoglove/build-it.md)

## Featured Products

### FLORA - Wearable electronic platform: Arduino-compatible

[FLORA - Wearable electronic platform: Arduino-compatible](https://www.adafruit.com/product/659)
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Discontinued - **you can grab** [**Adafruit APDS9960 Proximity, Light, RGB, and Gesture Sensor - STEMMA QT / Qwiic**](https://www.adafruit.com/product/3595) ** instead!**

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### VS1053 Codec + MicroSD Breakout - MP3/WAV/MIDI/OGG Play + Record

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This breakout board is the ultimate companion for the VLSI VS1053B DSP codec chip. The VS1053 can decode a wide variety of audio formats such as MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, MIDI, FLAC, WAV (PCM and ADPCM). It can also be used to record audio in both PCM (WAV) and compressed Ogg Vorbis. You can...

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Customers have asked us to carry basic perf-board, but we never liked the look of most basic perf: its always crummy quality, with pads that flake off and no labeling. Then we thought about how people **actually** prototype - usually starting with a solderless breadboard and then...

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