Can you make an umbrella play music? You can if you use an Arduino Uno! Watch video:

Singing in the rain with an Arduino umbrella (Gadget Master)

Can you make an umbrella play music? You can if you use an Arduino Uno! Watch video:

The circuit board is connected to two speakers. The Arduino Uno is based on the Atmel ATmega328 32-bit microcontroller, with 32kbyte of flash memory, 2kbyte of SRAM and 1kbyte of EEPROM. The microcontroller has to be programmed to deliver a pleasingly-timed series of notes rather than a mad cacophony if the umbrella is hit by a sharp rainstorm. Even so, it can get annoying after a time, says Zappe. Zappe and Lager made the singing brolly in a day and are now working on Version 2. The successor to Uno, the Leonardo AVR development board from Arduino, will be seen on the stand of Mouser Electronics at Electronica next month. Arduino Leonardo AVR Development Board is based on the Atmel ATmega32u4. This processor also controls the USB communication, which helps to reduce the cost by eliminating the additional processor, said Gianluca Martino, co-founder of the Arduino Project....

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