How Leo Makes (Almost) Anything

Future spirals

How Leo Makes (Almost) Anything

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- 00 bootcamp
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- 01 principles and practices project management
  01 principles and practices project management
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  - principles and practices, project management
- 02 computer aided design
  02 computer aided design
  - computer-aided design
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- 03 computer controlled cutting
  03 computer controlled cutting
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- 04 electronics production
  04 electronics production
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- 05 3D scanning and printing
  05 3D scanning and printing
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- 06 embedded programming
  06 embedded programming
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- 07 computer controlled machining
  07 computer controlled machining
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- 08 electronics design
  08 electronics design
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- 09 output devices
  09 output devices
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- 10 mechanical design machine design
  10 mechanical design machine design
- 11 input devices
  11 input devices
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- 12 molding and casting
  12 molding and casting
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- 13 networking and communications
  13 networking and communications
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- 14 interface and application programming
  14 interface and application programming
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- 15 wildcard week
  15 wildcard week
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- 16 system integration
  16 system integration
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  - System integration
- 17 applications and implications project development
  17 applications and implications project development
  - applications and implications, project development
  - lecture notes
- 18 invention intellectual property and income
  18 invention intellectual property and income
  - invention, intellectual property, and income
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Future spirals¶

The following is a list of things that can be done in future spirals:

Hardware related:

Add working round LCD display, including menu and display of last note hit.
Change power circuitry. Use switching power-supply technology (buck converter) instead of voltage regulators as they tend to get hot.
Add a power switch

Firmware related:

Work on latency reduction. This can be a never-ending task :D
Implement sustain pedal.
Prevent retriggering when a pad is pressed and hold down. Or use that info as MPE (polyphonic expression).
Implement other isomorphic key layouts (not sure how many there are and how useful they are).
Move key layout to left and right (already implemented is octave up/down but might be interesting to move sideways as well).
Extend communication protocol so other constants of the sensorboard firmware can be set by the main controller (like threshold offset, RGB colors of note layouts)