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maketimeclub / pumpkins

Halloween makey makey project
http://maketimeclub.github.io/pumpkins/
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Raspberry Pi support #4

Open watsonboyett opened 6 years ago

watsonboyett commented 6 years ago

Investigate whether a Raspberry Pi can run the javascript soundboard. Since the MaKey MaKey and the javascript soundboard both require a host computer, it would be a huge advantage to be able to use an RPi instead of an expensive computer.

watsonboyett commented 6 years ago

I tried using an RPi 2B+ (older model) with a normal keyboard (not the MaKey MaKey) and the latency between pressing a key and hearing sound was pretty terrible. I tried using both the desktop environment and a headless browser, but both had similarly bad results. I only used the chromium browser though, so it might be worth looking into different browsers. I also only tried running the javascript soundboard from the public website, so it might be worth trying to run a local version of it. We could also try using a newer RPi 3B+.