Controlling the Speaker

[bobsalive]

Just a way to have fun with the speaker for the more musically inclined:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEGwcimYa98

(A marginally better demonstration of the capabilities - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n0Iqr82iSo)

It's not the smoothest instrument in the world, but I invite everyone to use this code (or write your own), and record yourself playing a song! (Anyone who plays Final Countdown will be... unoriginal.)

/*
AURA - Auckland University Robotics Association
Button Controlled Vex Speaker
Uses the (7 of the) 8 buttons on the newer (cortex/VEXnet) controllers
*/

task main() {
	//Frequencies are rounded to the nearest 10hz so they sound a bit smoother (and hopefully not off-pitch)
  int notearray[3][22] = {
    {0,490,520,550,550,590,620,620,660,670,660,700,740,740,780,830,830,880,930,930,990,1050},
    {0,990,1050,1110,1110,1170,1240,1240,1320,1400,1320,1400,1480,1480,1570,1660,1660,1760,1860,1860,1980,2100},
    {0,1980,2090,2220,2220,2350,2490,2490,2640,2790,2640,2790,2960,2960,3140,3320,3320,3520,3730,3730,3950,4190}};
	//Yes, I know that I doubled up on the frequencies above, and could have made life a bit easier for myself
  int note = 0;
  int octave = 0;

  while(1) {
    if (vexRT[Btn7L] == 1) {
      if (vexRT[Btn6U] == 1) {
        note = 3; //Cs
        } else if (vexRT[Btn6D] == 1) {
        note = 1; //Cf
        } else {
        note = 2; //C
      }
      } else if(vexRT[Btn7U] == 1) {
      if (vexRT[Btn6U] == 1) {
        note = 6; //Ds
        } else if (vexRT[Btn6D] == 1) {
        note = 4; //Df
        } else {
        note = 5; //D
      }
      } else if (vexRT[Btn7D] == 1) {
      if (vexRT[Btn6U] == 1) {
        note = 9; //Es
        } else if (vexRT[Btn6D] == 1) {
        note = 7; //Ef
        } else {
        note = 8; //E
      }
      } else if (vexRT[Btn8L] == 1) {
      if (vexRT[Btn6U] == 1) {
        note = 12; //Fs
        } else if (vexRT[Btn6D] == 1) {
        note = 10; //Ff
        } else {
        note = 11; //F
      }
      } else if (vexRT[Btn8U] == 1) {
      if (vexRT[Btn6U] == 1) {
        note = 15; //Gs
        } else if (vexRT[Btn6D] == 1) {
        note = 13; //Gf
        } else {
        note = 14; //G
      }
      } else if (vexRT[Btn8D] == 1) {
      if (vexRT[Btn6U] == 1) {
        note = 18; //As
        } else if (vexRT[Btn6D] == 1) {
        note = 16; //Af
        } else {
        note = 17; //A
      }
      } else if (vexRT[Btn8R] == 1) {
      if (vexRT[Btn6U] == 1) {
        note = 21; //Bs
        } else if (vexRT[Btn6D] == 1) {
        note = 19; //Bf
        } else {
        note = 20; //B
      }
      } else {
      note = 0; //NONE
    }

    if (vexRT[Btn5U] == 1) {
      if (octave < 2) {
        octave++;
        wait10Msec(25);
      }
      } else if (vexRT[Btn5D] == 1) {
      if (octave > 0) {
        octave--;
        wait10Msec(25);
      }
      } else {
      octave = octave;
    }

    PlayTone(notearray[octave][note],10);
    wait10Msec(10);

  }
}

[fretless_kb]

What a cool idea, we have a couple musicians on our team who might be very interested in this type of program. Thanks.