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Player GuitarPreliminary Design Review Lucas Gilbride Rick Denney Dan Forrester Randy Hood Introduction Our project is a device that plays downloaded music in MIDI format on an acoustic guitar. The design will use stepper motors attached to guitar picks to pluck the strings and will use solenoids to depress the strings so that different notes can be strummed. Objectives Successfully Encode/Decode MIDI Files Play test song from memory Play MIDI file saved to memory Optimize timing of mechanics (Motors and Solenoids) Design working model of top four frets Guitar Design Hardware Overview Software Overview User Interface Our design will incorporate a user interface so that songs can be played by the user much like a typical CD player. We will have play, stop, pause, and skip track buttons. There will be a LCD display that lets the user know what track is selected. MicroprocessorM68HC11 Compact Flash Card Solenoids Stepper Motors Possible Extensions Add more frets to design Elaborate on user interface Expand on string plucking timing Division of Labor Schedule Milestones CDR Research/Test Components Working mechanics Understanding of Microprocessor architecture Milestone 1 Implemented FPGA logic Completed MIDI translator code Working motor and solenoid drivers Milestones Cont. Milestone 2 Combine Code and Subsystems Begin testing, debugging, and optimizing Expo Full functional design Cosmetics added Possible design extensions Risks/Contingency Plan Difficulty programming MIDI decoder Solution: Use MIDI decoder chip Problems using flash card to transfer MIDIs Solution: Use serial cable Strength of solenoids Solution: Explore other more expensive atternatives User interface display Solution: Use computer generated interface display Marketability Any Questions? * * Using the top four frets these are the notes that can be produced (not including flats and sharps), which when played together can create most common chords. We are going to use solenoids to apply pr