Automatic Song Cycler

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Automatic Song Cycler

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This Instructable will take you step-by-step through the process of creating your own automatic song cycler for any playlist of music! No longer will you have to manually go back and forth from your current screen and iTunes to find the song you want! Before beginning however, make sure you have downloaded the Scratch for Arduino program released by MIT and have an Arduino hooked into your computer. After opening the program (with the Arduino synced), you are ready to begin. 

Made in the Virginia Tech ICAT Maker Studio.

Downloads

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Everything in Order

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#1 - Everything plays in order. Press 1 to go to next song in order 

Creating the Playlist

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Your playlist. In partial and full glory. 

How to Shuffle

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Press 3 to shuffle your playlist. Every time 3 is pressed, it goes to a new random song. 

Final Touches

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Pressing 4 resets your variable to zero. You are brought back to the top of your playlist. 

All Done!

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Congratulations! You now have your very own automatic song cycler!