{"id":5041,"date":"2015-02-04T16:00:22","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T00:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=5041"},"modified":"2021-06-17T08:21:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T15:21:13","slug":"can-i-make-my-own-metronome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/can-i-make-my-own-metronome\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I Make My Own Metronome?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last June, one of our interns <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/index.php\/making-your-own-metronome\/\">wrote about a project<\/a> he did making his own metronome. Using the <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/Products\/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,892,936&amp;Prod=CHIPKIT-BASIC-IO-SHIELD\">chipKIT Basic I\/O Shield<\/a> with a servo motor\u00a0and\u00a0a speaker buzzer, you can make something fantastic! James used parts from the <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/Products\/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,892,1233&amp;Prod=CHIPKIT-STARTERKIT\">chipKIT Starter Kit<\/a>. 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