Crustacean Chirpy Chip Challenge
There was a brief discussion on what makes a microcontroller/language/etc
stack considered ready for prime-time, what a "real" program is in this
context.
While many hackers will say that your toaster should run doom (or at least
linux), I felt this undersold what makes microcontrollers special - real
time peripherals and IO.
Consequently, we present CCCC: the Crustacean Chirpy Chip Challenge.
Using the microcontroller, language, etc of your choice, you must implement
a MIDI synth. The specifications for the challenge:
- Accept MIDI data in
- Produce sound out
- Present it on the 1st of June
The rest is up to you.
Use the most outlandish stack you desire. Play
it safe with C and the SDCC. MIDI over USB or serial? Your call. Polyphony?
If you want, for kudos. We don't have a high bar.
Participation is opt in, hopefully to keep you motivated. We'll list the
"competitors" (as much as this could be competitive in any way) below. Say
hello on ##crustaceans or #lobsters if you want to join in.
If you have a progress page, we can link that too.
Change your mind, or embarrassed by your (non-)progress? That's cool, we'll opt you out, too.