Notable Board Books are an Arduino-powered way to enjoy music
Annelle Rigsby found that her mother, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, is delighted to hear familiar songs. While Annelle can’t always be there to help her enjoy music, she and her husband Mike came up with what they call the Notable Board Book that automatically plays tunes.
The book itself is well laid-out, with song text and familiar photos printed on the pages. Electronics for the book are in a prototype state using an Arduino Uno and an Adafruit Sound Board to store and replay the audio bits.
Page detection is handled by an array of photocells, and it is meant to turn on automatically when picked up via a series of tilt switches. When a switch is triggered, a relay can then hold the book on until the song that is playing is done, or for a predetermined amount of time.
August 13th, 2018 at 00:29:31
Cool! very nice!;)
August 13th, 2018 at 00:30:09
🙂
August 15th, 2018 at 02:23:12
I really like the fact that you did this all just so she could listen to her favourite music form when she was younger.