Welcome to LEDshred

Many people are easily deterred as soon as they run into difficulties when playing a guitar. Designed for beginners, our product will use LED lights on guitar fretboards to light up chords in order to guide the user through a song. It will then offer feedback on their performance by checking if they played the correct notes. We are hoping that our product will help users play proficiently and that the feedback will further improve their play. 

Our team

Jordy Mukania
Team Coordinator

LED Development,
Altium,
PCB Design

Kivan  Daruwalla
Software Development

Android Development, Bluetooth Development, MCU Programming

Jacob Colapietro
Budget Management

DSP Development,
MCU Programming,
ADC

Isaiah Provencher
Altium Lead

Altium,
Microphone Development,
ADC

System Specifications

  • LED lights attachable to any guitar (Typical 38 inch long guitar)
  • 5 X 6 array of LEDs (5 rows with 6 LEDs across each strings)
  • Height of LEDs less than 2.5 mm
  • Accompanied by app which supports bluetooth connectivity to user device
  • Samples guitar notes at 5,000 Hz
  • Samples sound for ¼ of a second at metronome of given song
  • Correctly distinguishes a note > 95%
  • Offers user performance report within 5 seconds after play session is finished

PDR & MDR Slides

LEDshred - PDR
- PDF of slides containing the presentation of our preliminary design review

LEDshred - MDR
- PDF of slides containing the presentation of our midway design review

CDR & FPR Slides

LEDshred - CDR
- PDF of slides containing the presentation of our  comprehensive design review

LEDshred - FPR
- PDF of slides containing the presentation of our final project review

Demo Video 1

Correct play of F minor pentatonic scale 

LEDshred Correct Performance Demo 

Video displaying the utilization of our system and correct play of a song. The user first connects to Bluetooth, selects a mode to play (F minor pentatonic scale), listens to the audio recording of the scale, and then plays along with the LEDs correctly. The app then gives the user feedback on their performance. 

Demo Video 2

Incorrect play of Happy Birthday

LEDshred Incorrect Performance Demo 

Video displaying the utilization of our system and incorrect play of a song. The user first connects to Bluetooth, selects a mode to play (Happy Birthday), then plays the open D string repeatedly. The app then gives the user feedback on their performance and shows that the user was only playing D notes and not the song.

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