1. Electrical Engineering 4OI4 Design Project By: Daniel Ho and Chris Ho

2. Computer Game series Piano Mania

3. Why choose “Piano Mania” A product for providing the computer beginners an interesting environment. Our design is a combination of computer and music to provide entertainment. Providing computer users an elegant alternatives of gaming experience.

4. What is Piano Mania Game! This concept comes from the idea of the self-learning typing software in last decade. A combination of computer and music to provide entertainment which gives an easier way to enjoy the melodies.

5. How it works? Monitor displays piano keyboard Color of the keys will change indicating a sequence of key pressed Player follows the sequence and play on the keyboard accordingly. When key is pressed, there will be tune of that key from the speaker If correct key is pressed, score increases. If incorrect key is pressed, score decreases.

6. How to design Brainstorming –Video games, robot controls, etc Preliminary ideas –Robotic follower, Auto-cop, Piano Mania Research –web sites, reference books, magazines, etc Feasibility estimation

7. How to implement Research and preparation Design phase –I/O structure (interface between player and computer) –Game structure (internal architecture of relationship that defines difficulties) –Program structure (modules organization of coding)

8. How to implement (cont’d) Evaluation of the design –Does this design satisfy my design goal? –Does it do what I want to do? –Will the players experience what I want him to experience? Programming phase (coding) Play-testing phase (inspecting)

9. Time Scheduling Detail of the time scheduled for the project

10. Assumption and Risks Assumption –Module of the VGA monitor works –Module of keyboard interface works –Enough output pins from UP1 board to DAC converter for speaker Risks –Incorrect frequency for speaker, resulting incorrect tune –Several keys pressed together, UP1 board can’t recognize the correct signal –Delay from keyboard to speaker