Spectrum Shield Hookup Guide
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Toni_K Introduction
Have you ever wanted to have your project react to music? Then this is the product for you! The Spectrum Shield enables your Arduino with the capability of splitting a stereo audio input into 7-bands per channel. You can then read the amplitude of each channel using the ADC on your Arduino allowing you to control everything from LEDs to motors, pumps to relays, or even fire, all with sound.
Materials Required
To follow along with this tutorial, we recommend the following items.
Suggested Reading
We recommend you be familiar with these resources before continuing on with this hookup guide.
- How to Solder
- Analog to Digital Conversion
- Installing the Arduino IDE
- Integrated Circuits
- Polarity
- Light