Laser Harp

Who is this guy anyway?

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Links

• Theremin with laser beams, thesis by Leila Hasan
• Laser Harp by Andrew Kilpatrick: Code, Schematics, ...
• Laser harp (stamp program)
• General harp building info
• Alternative MIDI controllers
• Laser ribs: harp at NYU

• The laser guy: laser emitters and more
• Digikey
• Jameco
• Maxim
• Lumex
• Omron
• Meridith Instruments
• Oriel
• Apogee Inc
• Intelisense Dimension Beam (former Interactive Light?)
• Quarton
• Analog Devices (ICs)
• Edmund optics

• MR Robot
• SHARP GP2D02 infrared emitter/detector
• NTE3034A T-NPN photo-darlington
• Sensors, sensing and control (at Brown)
• Sharp GP2D12
• Acroname (robotics and sensors)
• Optima: lasers and lenses
• Six DOF laser sensing
• Baumer electric, precision sensing
• Seiko IR optical distance sensor
• Ars Robotica
• Cadmium sulphide ink: the stuff used in photoconductive sensors
• Solar cells and more
• BPSolar: Solar cells
• Build your own solar cell
• Silicon solar: solar cell kits for beginners

• The Byer Fejer Group at Stanford
• LEGO laser brick made with a laser pointer
• Laser beams and dry ice (frozen CO2)
• Dry ice info
• Skywalker saber replica
• Laser communicator

• National semiconductor: Op-amp circuits
• Lights & Electronics
• EE Project Sites
• Links and books for robot builders

• LART: StrongARM development board
• PIC and the BASIC Stamp
• Microchip: PIC microcontroller
• DIY MIDI Controllers using PIC microcontrollers
• IRX 2.1 PIC development board at the Media Lab
• uCLinux project
• Choosing a microcontroller
• Motorola: DragonBall
• Ubicom SX Page
• Microcontroller Portal
• MIDI Drum machine using a 8051
• MIDI Keyboard using a 8051
• Some info on how to interface MIDI to the 8051

• Netchip: USB connectivity
• Cypress: EZ-USB
• Jan Axelson's Page: Author of 'USB Complete'
• Circuit Cellar: Implementing USB on a microcontroller

• BlueTooth
• RFM: RF communication etc
• Linx Technologies: RF Transmitters
• Robert Poor at the Media Lab: RF packet tutorial

• Physical Computing
• Bart Jansen's home page at the VUB: Event recognition (AI)
• Fixed-point multi-byte division algorithm
• GBA Resources - Fixed point programming etc
• More GBA resources on fixed point programming
• The Art of Assembly Language Programming

• Synthesizers used on stage etc.
• Official Jarre site
• Jarre & his fans

Current participators

• Bert Schiettecatte: Programming
• Luigi Castelli: Synthesis
• Eto Otitigbe: Product design

Overview

• General operation
• Design sketches
• Programming
• Electronics
• Synthesis