Drawdio Kit
By Marc de Vinck. Posted
This article was originally published as part of HackSpace magazine, which has since been incorporated into Raspberry Pi Official Magazine.
Drawdio is an electronic pencil that lets you create music as you draw. It’s a basic music synthesizer that leverages the conductive properties of the pencil lead and can generate musical tones based on its resistance.
It’s a lot of fun to draw a piano and be able to play the notes, once you complete the circuit. It runs off a single AA battery, so no need to source a strange cell size. And if you already know how to solder, go ahead and grab this kit anyway. It’s that fun!
Verdict: 9 out of 10
Fun to build, fun to draw
$17.50 from Adafruit.com
Photograph courtesy of Adafruit licensed under CC
Marc de Vinck is the founder of Unexpected Labs and creator dLUX-dLites
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