Final Project Concept & Progress

For my final project I plan on creating a percussive xylophone that works with you to create melodic and beautiful harmonies and melodies. The idea is that certain notes trigger a string of notes that are in the same key as the note hit with the mallet. There will be piezo pickups taped to the bottom of the keys that will trigger a series of solenoids to perform their dance.

So far I've run into a few coding issues with testing on LEDs...

The following code represents progress thus far and issues I've been having with:

• creating a threshold that disables sensors from being read beyond that threshold 
• LEDs starting 'HIGH' rather than 'LOW' thus reversing the order of how it is lit 
• general troubleshooting with Serial Monitor values.

This is how it performs with the above code:

 

I used a FSR instead of a piezo for this example as well. Currently waiting on the rest of the parts, can't wait to try it out with actual solenoids!