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NES Controller Piano Ultrasonic Theremin Mash Up

NES Controller Piano / Ultrasonic Theremin Mash-Up

I recently built a simple 8 key piano using an original NES controller and Arduino UNO board.Unlike conventional Arduino piano projects which require one digital pin for each key / button the NES controller piano used only three digital pins (D5 for nesClock, D6 for nesLatch, D7 for nesDataIn) leaving 5 extra digital pins available for experimentation.

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Use Your NES Controller As On Off Switch for Lights.

Use Your NES Controller As On/Off Switch for Lights.

Turn your NES controller’s START BUTTON into an ON/OFF switch for lights with this Instructable – Other versions I have seen either gut or modify the electronics but in this project the electronics are intact so the controller can be used for retro gaming after the lights go out… I used an LED for the light in this Instructable because

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