reactive music

Methods:

• Use a prototype shield
• Shrink wrap the connections
• Build the entire circuit, including an Arduino on another board
• Use pieces of “header strip” to make connectors – or find connectors that plug into headers.
• Put duct tape over the whole thing

http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/14146/how-do-i-go-from-arduino-breadboard-to-creating-a-real-device

A MUX shield for an 8×8 button matrix

By Spikenzie Labs

http://www.spikenzielabs.com/Catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=27&products_id=261

Plus other cool shields

• code example for 4051’s: http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1257035971
• datasheet for the 4051 multiplexer: http://www.nxp.com/documents/data_sheet/74HC_HCT4051.pdf
• Sparkfun MUX shield (48 inputs, outputs): http://youtu.be/-h2intYYghk

4051 example:

http://youtu.be/j0nYKOf6goA

Another 4051 example with circuit diagram using piezo discs:

http://youtu.be/92VIEDtQKVI

Multiplexing with Arduino outputs, without using additional hardware

By Kevin Darrah

http://youtu.be/ECXk95qYZu8