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| shortDescription = Museum display that plays sound when a wooden wheel is turned.
|shortDescription=Museum display that plays sound when a wooden wheel is turned.
| longDescription = The [[St. Andrews Heritage Centre]] asked us to build the electronics for a display where the visitor would be able to listen to the awful noise the ungreased wheels of a Red River Cart would make as they turn.  
|longDescription=The [[St. Andrews Heritage Centre]] asked us to build the electronics for a display where the visitor would be able to listen to the awful noise the ungreased wheels of a Red River Cart would make as they turn.  


To make it a bit more interesting, the noise would be triggered by turning a model wheel mounted to the physical display, as supplied by the museum. We set up a hall sensor circuit to detect the wheel turning, and an [[Arduino]] to detect the hall sensor signal and use this as a signal to start playing a the squeaky wheel sound on an MP3 player.  
To make it a bit more interesting, the noise would be triggered by turning a model wheel mounted to the physical display, as supplied by the museum. We set up a hall sensor circuit to detect the wheel turning, and an [[Arduino]] to detect the hall sensor signal and use this as a signal to start playing a the squeaky wheel sound on an MP3 player.  
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During the initial discussions about this display we also built the prototype of a wooden, analog foley device to make wooden squeaks. The museum ended up building one of these as well for the display.  
During the initial discussions about this display we also built the prototype of a wooden, analog foley device to make wooden squeaks. The museum ended up building one of these as well for the display.  


The museum has a [https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=XuLgnobAuTh&sr=-.14,-1.09&ss=29 virtual tour] of this display.  
The museum has a [https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=XuLgnobAuTh&sr=-.14,-1.09&ss=29 virtual tour] of this display.
 
|skillSet=Electronics
| skillSet = Electronics
|projectType=Interactive Display; Museum Display
| projectType = Interactive Display; Museum Display
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Project: Red River Cart Wheel Squeak Display (I)
Description: Museum display that plays sound when a wooden wheel is turned.
Skillset(s) :

Electronics

Project Type(s) :

Interactive Display Museum Display

The St. Andrews Heritage Centre asked us to build the electronics for a display where the visitor would be able to listen to the awful noise the ungreased wheels of a Red River Cart would make as they turn.

To make it a bit more interesting, the noise would be triggered by turning a model wheel mounted to the physical display, as supplied by the museum. We set up a hall sensor circuit to detect the wheel turning, and an Arduino to detect the hall sensor signal and use this as a signal to start playing a the squeaky wheel sound on an MP3 player.

During the initial discussions about this display we also built the prototype of a wooden, analog foley device to make wooden squeaks. The museum ended up building one of these as well for the display.

The museum has a virtual tour of this display.



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