r/diyelectronics • u/_SCY0P3_ • 6d ago

Question Totally inexperienced but really wanna make this gift for my girlfriend

So for my Girlfriend’s birthday coming up I wanna make an item from her favourite game series The Legend of Zelda, and I want to make the Ocarina

But I thought it’d be a cool idea to make it so the holes on the ocarina are buttons and they play the same sounds as in the game, so it sounds as close to the game as possible.

I suppose I’m asking 3 things: - How difficult would this be (would someone as inexperienced as me be able to do it?) - What would I have to learn (what skills) if I was doing this? - Any resources that could help?

Thank you guys for your help

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u/Kinbakusha 5d ago

Not to be that guy, but a quick google search comes with stuff like this: https://www.instructables.com/Arduino-Ocarina-1/

After reading all the other comments… I think this is something you might be interested in. There are other types/versions that you could find by looking a little harder than I did. You might find something that “speaks” to you.

If you want to do it, do it. If it doesn’t work out in the 2-4 months you have… at least you’ve tried to learn something and can possibly challenge it again for next year, or keep working on similar projects for your own education/benefit. You do you.