ECE 401 is an advanced elective at UW-Madison that covers Electro-Acoustical Engineering. Throughout the course we learned in depth about acoustic waves, loudspeakers, speech, spatial modulation, ultrasonic imaging, and much more. Our final task for the class was to fabricate a course project in small groups that utilized topics learned throughout the class.
Our team chose to implement topics such as the Fast Fourier Transform, Frequency and Pitches, and Acoustic wave physics to produce our own fully functional Arduino Guitar Tuner.
*The document to the left is our project proposal with an outline of our proposed approach
In order to manifest our idea into reality, we made use of electrical hardware and software. Using the Arduino IDE and supporting libraries we were able to program an Arduino Uno R3 to execute all of our inputs, outputs, and calculations. To input our signal, we used a SparkFun microphone module with a 5V DC Gain. Finally, to output our calculations we used a 1602 LCD Module.
*The document to the right is our final project report including theory, software, and hardware descriptions.
The video to the left shows our final project working via testing a range of notes on the Ukulele.