The shapes of soundwaves
This afternoon Simon gave me an introductory lesson to soundwave shapes: triangular, saw tooth, ramp, pulse 0 to 100% duty cycle. It turned out he can imitate all of them … Continue reading The shapes of soundwaves
Category: Electricity
How many volts is the central C?
Simon has discovered that every piano key on the electric piano corresponds to a certain voltage/ amount of energy/ electricity. He found this out by playing with his electric piano … Continue reading How many volts is the central C?
Several ways to mess with Bartok
Simon’s recorded himself playing a little Bartok piece he likes and then modified it using a LittleBits filter and usb i/o. We have also tried to see what Bartok’s music looks … Continue reading Several ways to mess with Bartok
If This Then That
Simon is spending his days learning to go about with his birthday presents – the new LittleBits modules. The CloudBit is probably one of his most important assets now, allowing him … Continue reading If This Then That
He’s writing code!
Trying to write code would be a more accurate way to say it as many sketches don’t work or have errors, but the fact remains: two days ago Simon started … Continue reading He’s writing code!
Scratchy
This week’s been a coding week, in anticipation of Simon’s new Arduino bit. He was on Scratch for hours for two days in a row. This is his favorite project … Continue reading Scratchy
Logic Gates
Simon has been busy with the logic gates. Here he explains the inverter in English: Yesterday he and his math tutor devoted one lesson to the same topic and made … Continue reading Logic Gates
Simon’s disco
Simon built a LittleBits circuit with a sequencer where high pitches make the fan run faster And here the “music” circuit is snapped to light wire
Our home sounds weirder and weirder
The LittleBits Synth Kit has arrived! Actually, Simon isn’t turning 7 for another two weeks but he just couldn’t wait until his birthday to experiment with this whimsical set encompassing both electricity … Continue reading Our home sounds weirder and weirder
Let there be light… wire!
Two new LittleBits projects with our brand new bits. The light wire circuit Simon built has a light sensor which he put in “dark mode” which means that the wire lights … Continue reading Let there be light… wire!
2 fun projects with LittleBits
The doodle wizard: and the dancing signs:
Simon drawing electric circuits
What Simon has been producing most lately are electric circuit designs. The last photo is of the nice graph he invented to show the correlation between voltage and the direction … Continue reading Simon drawing electric circuits
Geeks out of the box 