Techniques and circuits for electromagnetic instrument actuation

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  McPherson, Andrew ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Augmented instruments; Circuit design; Electromagnetic actuation; Hardware

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; ITERATIVE METHODS; MUSIC; TIMING CIRCUITS;

ACTUATOR DESIGN; ACTUATOR SELECTIONS; AUGMENTED INSTRUMENT; CIRCUIT DESIGNS; DESIGN USE; ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATION; ELECTROMAGNETICS; HARDWARE; PAPER FORMS; SENSORS AND ACTUATORS;

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 85160298852     PISSN: 22204792     EISSN: 22204806     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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