Sonicube
The Sonicube is a cube with a speaker on each of its six faces. Each speaker constantly emits a sound. Each sound is based on the orientation of the cube, and shift as the orientation of the cube is changed.
In some respects the Sonicube is an inverse of La Monte Young's Dream House. The Dream House is designed so that the constant drones and chirping subjectively seem to change as one walks around the space. Similarly, the Sonicube constantly emits sounds which change as the orientation of the cube is shifted.
Materials
electronics
- Atmega168 microcontroller
- Memsic 2125 accelerometer
- 16 Hz crystal
- speakers (6)
- LM386 power amplifiers (6)
- 7805 5-volt voltage regulator
- capacitors
- resistors
- perforation board
- 9-volt battery
- battery connector
- hookup wire
- solder
enclosure
- white acrylic
- strong magnets (6)
- acrylic glue
- hot glue
Code
The code for Sonicube was written in Arduino.
Acknowledgements
Special thanks to Todd Holoubek.
Many thanks to Tom Jenkins, and a tip o' the hat to Christian Bovine.