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Ultrasonic Theremin

Ultrasonic Theremin

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Summary

The Ultrasonic Theremin plays back samples, but modulates them depending on the distance from your hand to the ultrasonic sensor, giving an effect similar to a traditional Theremin. This simple project doesn't need many parts to get its sound because it uses a few of the special hardware features of the ATMEGA 328p chip in the Uno to do most of the work. Because of this, you can't use a Leonardo or a Mega (but the Nano does use the same chip as the Uno, so it could replace the Uno). There is some soldering needed to complete this project.

Materials Required

1Duinotech UNO r3 Main BoardXC4410
19V 0.5W Mono Audio Amplifier ModuleAA0373
1Duinotech Arduino Compatible Prototyping ShieldXC4482
140mm All Purpose Replacement SpeakerAS3004
1Arduino Compatible Dual Ultrasonic Sensor Module.XC4442
    OCR2B=pgm_read_byte(&theremin[d>>18]);   //load sample
    OCR2B=pgm_read_byte(&ends[d>>18]);   //load sample

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