The Noise Toy is one of the simplest electronic kits I’ve ever seen. It’s an AVR microprocessor on a tiny board–apparently the smallest AVR available. You program it with software to make noises. This requires an AVR programmer and some knowledge of embedded-system programming (although the programming SW they recommend makes it fairly easy).
One thing I don’t get: what’s with the giant power switch?
I can only guess the reason for the large switch is to provide a sturdy way to mount the thing to a surface or inside a box.
hey! thanks for the post.
yeah, sorry we couldn’t find a bigger switch. that’s the largest one we could find!
we’ve got a new toy we’re prototyping this week. stay tuned!
What’s it sound like? I’m hoping for low bit nastiness. Anyone willing to post a sound sample?
Because they can…