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ActuatorOrchestra
@acutatororchestra.bsky.social
I'm making an army of musical instrument playing robots. Here's how it's going. This project will involve lots of 3D printing and electronics.
Look what I found at the Milwaukee German Fest!
August 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Faster!
July 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I solved the stupid synchronize problem! Now everything more or less responds in time, and with very little latency, over WiFi! #maker
July 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This platformio code runs on top of freertos, but I cannot get it to execute synchronously. I send web socket commands every 500ms but it has a rhythm problem. #platformio
July 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A little webpage now talks to the uke. I can pluck strings and even strum them with a mouse. No, it’s not in tune. #maker
June 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Got a working fret beam! Those two barrels are rotating through the 16 combinations of string presses, with a strum in between. You can hear the notes change, and are probably critical of my tuning. It’s not about the tuning yet. #3dprinting #maker #ukulele #adafruit
June 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A demonstration of the "tunable" rails on the bridge. Springs push up on the rails, and screws push down on the rails, and this lets me adjust the pick height perfectly. I'll need to print a much thicker cap for those screws. #3Dprinting #ukulele #adafruit
June 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The very first strum. #adafruit #3dprinting #ukulele
June 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Look at this pluckin’ thing.

It’s a mess but it’s mechanically able to play a note. #3dprinting #adafruit
June 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM