Stem-202 Group Project 6

Participants: Emma Langlois, Eric Witt, Nicholas Dunford
Course: STEM Scholars’ Research Lab II, STEM-202-HN01
Mentors: Jane Jones & Madi Sigler
Assignment Title: Wearable metronome device for musicians and performers

Abstract

Maintaining a steady rhythm is essential for musicians and performers during both live performance and everyday practice. Traditional methods such as a metronome or audio click track are either visually distracting or easily drowned out by the volume of the instrument. A device was designed with the intent to communicate a steady pulse to the user without these drawbacks. This device is a wearable metronome that utilizes haptics from a coin motor to vibrate pulses directly onto the skin of the user. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) was used to display the current beats per minute (BPM) as the user changes that value with a potentiometer. This steady pulse keeps a musician or performer in time even in environment where it is difficult to hear.