Quantity | Component name | |
1 | × | Host computer This might work on a Pi eventually, but not right now. Needs enough USB/COM ports for all your devices |
1 | × | Fubarino SD / Arduino compatible board Main controller (could be any MCU with Serial, really). You'll need more if you have a LOT of floppies. |
1 | × | 3D printer/ CNC machine More than one is supported. Optional (heck, everything here is optional, as long as you have at least 1 instrument) |
8 | × | Floppy drives Any number from 0 to.. Well, however many you have |
2 | × | old hard drives/ noizy solenoid devices Again, any number, as long as you have enough pins on your MCU(s) |
2 | × | PNP Transistors To power percussion. Also some resistors (2 per transistor) |
1 | × | Old ATX PSU Any beefy 5V power supply will do, needed to power floppy drives. If you only have 1 or 2, USB power is sufficient. |
2 | × | Sandbar resistors Wired to 5V and 12V rails of ATX PSU to keep it from dying of undercurrent. Values depend on PSU, some might not need it at all |
4 | × | Floppies Putting some floppies in the floppy drives alters the sound they make. Optional |
50 | × | female-female header ribbon cable To wire floppies to MCU and PSU. 5 per drive (5V, GND, step, direction, enable), 2 per percussion and some more for misc. stuff |