A project created in SAP's maker space, known as d-shop. We use Bare Conductive Arduino touch boards, Bare Conductive paint, Bare Conductive Pi Cap, Raspberry Pi 4, and NeoPixel LED lights to create a MIDI piano. The piano lights up and plays sound as the user presses the painted keys in "Freeplay Mode". The corresponding note played will then be displayed in the app. In "Playback Mode" the user can learn how to play any selected song in the song library of the app. The piano will light up which key to play next, display the corresponding note, and wait for the user to play the right note before moving on.
Project was launched by Irene Chung and Leona Szeto in March 2020 and they lead the project in the first 2 phases. Phase 2 was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which made it hard for the team to finish the prototype, so phase 3 began ahead of schedule. We're currently in phase 2 and phase 3 concurrently.
- [March 2020-July 2020] Phase 1: Discovery
- [August 2020-Present] Phase 2: Prototyping
- [May 2021-Present] Phase 3: App development
- [December 2021] Phase 4: Build final product
Designed by Peggy, PSL, and Taryn Logo designed by Cassey
Taryn Chung: Started as a designer in July 2021, took over as project lead in August 2021, started hardware/firmware development in October 2021
Priscilla Lee (PSL): Designer starting from the project's inception!
Peggy Chien: Designer starting July 2021
Kailey Chew: I worked on the project as a dev from March-September 2021! I'm leaving to go back to school at UWaterloo. Loved getting to work and ideate with this lovely team.
Flora Chen: Front-end Developer
Mahbubur Shihab: Back-end Developer
Martin Yushko: Developer/Project lead
Cassey Peng: Designer
Irene Chung: Co-project lead
Leona Szeto: Co-Project lead
Jacky Zheng: Developer