Project 2: Music Box

Issues 

It took me many tries to get the music to stop when there was less light. I adjusted the code multiple times until it did what I intended it to do. It was harder to input the notes and the beats of the music than I had thought. It was also challenging to get the beat right. Thankfully, with the help of Lina, I was able to input the first few tunes of the song correctly.

Reflection 

It was my first encounter with the Circuit Playground Bluefruit. It was exciting to manipulate code and see the direct results on the circuit board such as blinking the lights and playing notes. Also, it was fun to figure out where the code should be changed to get the result that we wanted.   

I struggled quite a lot with inputting the notes of the song. Working on this project was continuous cycles of plan-do-evaluate. After planning what code should be edited, I uploaded the code onto the circuit board. It was multiple tries of editing the tempo, the notes, and the threshold until I was able to completely program the board. While working on the code, I looked back on the worksheet that we worked on in class to better understand what code I would have to edit. Lina helped me read the sheet music and I helped her with her code. It was nice to help each other with parts of the project that we were more comfortable with. 

Reflecting on the first project, I think I was more strategic in planning out the circuit and the physical structure of my project. As I spent a lot more time on coding, I was not able to make a concrete plan of how I would make the outer shell. Planning and managing my time better could have helped me complete a better version of my project.