pedalSHIELD is an open hardware, open source system that has been specifically designed as a platform to learn about digital signal processing, synthesisers and guitar effects.
Guitarists that also enjoy building electronic devices using the Arduino platformmay be interested in a new Arduino guitar pedal shield aptly named the pedalSHIELD.
To be able to use the Arduino pedalSHIELD no in-depth knowledge of electronics or programming is required, but effects can be written in C or C++ or if you prefer to skip the coding part can be directly downloaded from the online library.
Currently the library contains downloadable presets for octave, reverb, delay and even distortion pedals. For more information on the open source pedalSHIELD jump over to the Instructableswebsite for details of everything you will require to build your very own. The pedalSHIELD has three parts:
– The Input Stage or Preamp: Amplifies the guitar input signal and sends it to the Arduino microcontroller to be processed.
– Arduino Board: It does all the Digital Signal Processing (DSP) modifying the signal and adding the effect (delay, echo, distortion, volume…).
– The Output Stage: Once the waveform is processed, the signal is taken from the Arduino DACs and prepared to be sent to the Guitar Amplifier. This part also includes a Summing Amplifier which is very useful for delay effects like echo or chorus.
For more information on the Arduino guitar pedal watch the video below for a quick two-minute overview of its features and functions. Full specifications are also available from the ElectroSmash website via the link below.
Source: ElectroSmash
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