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This is the 3rd and final part in a 3 part series about how to control solenoids using Ableton Live and an Arduino. In case you missed them, the first 2 parts are here: MIDI Controlled Solenoids with Arduino and Ableton Live – Part 1 MIDI Controlled Solenoids with Arduino and Ableton Live – Part 2 If you’ve been […]
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This is part 2 in a 3 part series that shows how to make Ableton Live play music on electric solenoids using an Arduino. If you missed the first article you can find it here: MIDI Controlled Solenoids with Arduino and Ableton Live – Part 1 MIDI Controlled Solenoids with Arduino and Ableton Live – Part 3 This article covers […]
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In this 3 part article we teach you how to control electronic solenoids from Ableton Live, by using some Arduino programming, a little bit of MIDI knowledge, and some basic electronics. At the end of the series you will have a setup that is capable doing this. This is a pretty complex topic so it is split into 3 parts […]
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So far we have covered devices that have only two legs: resistors, capacitors, batteries, LED’s and switches. With the transistor we introduce the first 3 legged device. Transistors come in many varieties, shapes and sizes. For the most part, they all operate the same, with some subtle differences. Some of the many types of transistors include Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT) […]
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This guide will present a very simplistic view of what a capacitor is and how it can be used in electronics. Capacitors have lots of different uses in electronics not presented here, but this guide should be enough to get you using them. In general, a capacitor can be thought of as a tiny battery. They can provide power to […]
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This guide builds on our Resistors in Series guide. If you have not read that guide already, we suggest that you take a moment and look at it first. You can view our Resistors in Series guide here. Resistors in Parallel When you have two resistors in a circuit and they are tied together so that they receive the same […]
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When you have two resistors in a circuit and they are tied together so that current flows through one of them and then the other, they are said to be in series. The resistors R1 and R2 are in series. The current I flows through both of them. Notice in the schematic above that the resistors are in line, one […]
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