Muscle Snake

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  LED matrix wired to EMGs

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  Wiring EMG

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  Wireless communication with Particle Photons

Inspiration

Muscle Snake took inspiration from the idea of using EMG signals to control some type of output and the desire to create an LED matrix.

What it does

Muscle Snake uses Electromyography (EMG) signals to control an LED matrix.

How we built it

This project was build using signals from the EMG and converting them to voltages through an Arduino. Once converted, if a large enough voltage is reached, which was calculated and tested through trial and error, a digital signal is sent to the Raspberry Pi controlling the LED matrix. This signal changes the color the matrix and is being developed to change directions of a snake in a game of snake.

Challenges we ran into

We ran into challenges with the wireless communication and idea inspiration. Initially, the idea of using EMG arose a few hours into the hackathon and the idea for the matrix came much later. Furthermore, the lack of experience with python and Raspberry Pi affected our teams productivity.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We were able to read EMG signals with the use of sensors and convert them to digital signals for a Raspberry Pi and edit a LED matrix with those signals.

What we learned

What's next for Muscle Snake

Built With

• arduino
• python