MIDI Controller Tests

I stopped by this cheap electronics store we used to go to during school days, on my trip back home to New Delhi. Brought back lots of memories of the electronics class with Ms. Thaney. This shop served as the supplier back in those days. The owner (a hobbyist/enthusiast) informed me about the class no longer being offered at school. Pity, but how his business has expanded! He now runs a whole floor worth of shops/workshops that not only supply but do/make all kinds of projects for school, even college students. He also hires people in his workshops who get certificates at the end of it all. But the range of work they now do is insane! Heck in my 1 hour with the owner, I saw a kid ask him to finish his project for Rs. 300, a few college students ask help for their B.Tech project, and even a guy working for some development firm asking for services regarding writing GPS apps for the android!

Anyways, I bought a bunch of stuff from him (including an LCD screen, and a dot matrix grid display! I also found common cathode 7 segment for LED display, and intend to get working on some visual/display programming soon. But first, I sat down with the sets of sensors, and gave them a test. I tested an Ultrasonic sensor, a flex sensor, a photo-resistor, a soft-pot, and a force(/pressure) resistor. The flex sensor I had was a little messed up near the bottom (thanks to the cheap breadboard I shouldn’t have bought), and so was more shaky in terms of it’s readings. The photo-resistor worked great and would have worked even better had I taken a few minutes to use black tape all around it, but it sufficed for testing purposes. The soft-pot and Force Resistor, though, worked beautifully! I was an instant fan of their response, and they’re definitely making it on the guitar. I just need to figure out where they would look pretty.
I might add the photo-resistor next to the pickup switch, but we’ll see. For now, here’s a little test video I got going with the sensors.

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