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Simple Respiration & "Monkey-Mind" Sensor

(sorry - after all these years, this page is still under construction.)

 

 

With the advice of the goddess/oracle Margot Jacobs, I successfully made a respiration sensor with a Basic Stamp and a pressure sensor (sometimes called a Force Sensitive Resistor [FSR]). I have used this a number of times in performance:

 

 

Note that this device is not respiration specific!! The following code, schematics and whatever else can be used and modified for any situation where a button or pressure sensitive controller is needed!

 

Before you go any further, see the rest of my Resources sections if you haven't used Basic Stamps or PICs before.

 

 

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My PBasic Source Code (option-click to download)

 

I based this code on a handy MIDI Out program I found online, and also used Matt Rogalsky's wonderful website to fine tune it.
I used this code with the free Mac OSX program MacBS2, but assume that it will work with any PBasic-related compiler...

 

 

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Schematics

"Monkey-Mind" Sensor | simple push-button
part-list | schematic

 

Respiration Sensor | pressure sensor from CUI (I think it's part # SF-4-L), now orderable from DigiKey)
part-list | schematic

 

 

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Pics

My Respiration and "Monkey-Mind" Box | outside | inside
My Respiration Sensor | pic1
The various stages of my man-bra | early version (w/ shoulder straps) | latest version (one elastic strip)

 

 

 

 

 

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PLEASE NOTE: For a number of personal reasons I am currently unable to support this page and am unable to respond to any further questions, requests, demands, etc posted here. I sincerely apologize for this. The material above is simply presented as archival material (some of it incomplete) of a project that I am not actively involved with anymore, and it will probably not be updated any further. You are free to use it in whatever non-commercial ways you wish (see the CreativeCommons license below). In addition, feel free to use the comments-section below to post ideas, solutions, or to ask questions, but with the understanding that any queries will have to be answered by the community at large - not by me. Thanks for understanding.