I have long been really interested in learning how to use an Arduino board for some fun projects but I never really got around to it. I did go to one class on a Saturday morning at the Ann Arbor hackerspace (AHA, All Hands Active) but I didn’t do anything more than making the LED blink.
Rowan might change that.
He has an “exersaucer” which is very loud; not only in colors but also the sounds it makes. Now, I actually am not too annoyed by the fact that it makes artificial noise like some new parents I know, but I do draw the line at what it teaches my son about music.
You see, three of the buttons play music when pressed. Three different songs. One of them I am fine with. However, the other two make me cringe every time I hear them. Why? They made the percussion sounds play the wrong beat! One song the percussion sounds are literally in a different time signature and the other they sound like they are sped up to twice the beats per minute.
So, I guess I’ll just have to get an Arduino board, program it with some well composed songs, and replace the crappy songs that my son is forced to listen to.
That should be a fun project…