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The purpose of this design project is to develop a metronome device which will maintain a constant, adjustable tempo for the practicing musician. A key feature that the client requires is that the device’s tempo-maintaining mechanism be inaudible. Such a feature allows the musician to practice and improve musical performance using a more intuitive approach—one that does not distract the musician while playing music (i.e. audible ticks, as used in conventional metronomes). The most natural option, which we are pursuing, is to create a tactile metronome transducer that attaches to some anatomical region of the body while maintaining functionality and user comfort.
Currently, our team is working to finalize a design to begin construction. To do this, we are analyzing the four main design aspects that we identified as being most important: source of tactile stimulus, location of the tactile stimulus, mode of attachment to the user’s body, and the user input/output interface. We just completed delivering a mid-semester report and presentation, and hope to begin ordering parts for construction next week.
Design Team: Cole Drifka, Jeff Theisen, Adam Pala, and Ben Fleming
| Week | Reporting Period Beginning | Activities |
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| 1 | September 4 | Team roles were established and contact was made with the client. |
| 2 | September 11 | We met with the client and began compiling preliminary research. |
| 3 | September 18 | We began to categorize and brainstorm design alternatives and successfully tested a metronome circuit. |
| 4 | September 25 | The team began to focus on researching design alternatives. |
| 5 | October 2 | We continued to research and created a design matrix for each design aspect. |
| 6 | October 9 | We prepared and finalized our Mid-Semester presentation. |
| 7 | October 16 | We completed our Mid-Semester deliverables. |
| 8 | October 23 | |
| 9 | October 30 | |
| 10 | November 6 | |
| 11 | November 13 | |
| 12 | November 20 | |
| 13 | November 27 | |
| 14 | December 4 | |
| 15 | December 11 |
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Product Design Specifications (Oct 8 2009, 51 kb) |
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Mid-Semester Presentation (Oct 15 2009, 1908 kb) |
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Mid-Semester Report (Oct 21 2009, 662 kb) |
