Technical
Presenting the mobile app
After months of work, I'm really happy to introduce the MusicBox mobile app. An iOS and Android app to manage and control the box remotely.
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Workshop notes.
The story and updates from the project
Story
Starting from a blank page
Leaving the Raspberry Pi for an ESP32, rewriting the whole codebase in C++, redesigning the case to make it simpler. The prototype changes its foundations.
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Making the box shareable
The third Raspberry Pi prototype: a web interface to manage the content, a battery to make it portable, buttons for interactive stories. A complete system, with its code open source.
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Evolving the Prototype
Time for the next prototype: Blender, a magnetized turntable, a custom PCB, and plenty of hardware headaches. A detour through 3D modeling before coming back to something simpler.
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From a Chrono Trigger Melody to a Music Box
How the desire to share a video game soundtrack with my son led me to build my own music box.
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