Hello,
I'm new to the Livid Instrument Builder, just received the kit yesterday.
The plan is to build an instrument using Interlink Electronics FSR 408 sensors
http://www.interlinkelectronics.com/FSR408.php
I quickly tried one last night (I"ll use 61 of those in total)
wired 1 FSR 408
one tab to the +Voltage
the other tab to ID 01
With Brain Configure I only enabled Analaog ID 01,
sent configuration to the brain
but I couldn't get a decent response out of it,
I tested with all 6 fsr modes.
I couldn't get fast rolls to register, I had to wait a second between strokes.
Anything special I should do ?
Reading through the wiki I just found :
Unused analog pin headers need to be physically grounded using our header ground boards supplied with each Bus Board. If unused analog connections are left open you will have a noisy stream of MIDI data from the open pins! Grounding unused headers are easy by just plugging in the female socket of the ground board making sure to line up the arrow designating pin 1 marked on the BusBoard header to the white square marked on pin 1 of the grounding board.
Is that still the case? Could this be the issue?
Datasheet for the FSR sensor is available here :
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Ok, thanks for the explanation.
Once again thank you for your answer.
Does it matter if a sensor is connected to AV+ and AV- of say A1
Further testing went on but the Brain v2 doesn't seem to trigger fast enough.
My brain is on order, but I hope to also figure this out for myself too.
fsr that's made to be hit with a drumstick.
It might be you need a piece of plastic on top of your FSR to spread the hit area when you hit it with the tip of a drumstick.
Alternatemode.com sells a
http://www.alternatemode.com/triggers/altzone.shtml
Any official word?
Thank you Moon,
Paia has a "Drum Sensor Processing Amplifer" schematic and kit.
http://www.paia.com/ProdArticles/drumsens.htm
The diode, cap, and resistor being the peak detector