Some final thoughts
As usual, some observations:
- Foot pedals are a must.
- One can use a bigger chipKIT board, an Arduino Mega Click shield and a secondary TouchClamp click to add seven more channels, allowing for more complicated drum arrangements.
- The project can run in standalone mode, battery powered. Just don’t forget to comment all the Serial.begin(), Serial.print() and Serial.println() debugging lines.
- I don’t know how to play drums, but I can still make some noise: