uOSC

micro-OSC (uOSC) was made public yesterday at NIME:

micro-OSC (uOSC) is a firmware runtime system for embedded platforms designed to remain as small as possible while also supporting evolving trends in sensor interfaces such as regulated 3.3 Volt high-resolution sensors, mixed analog and digital multi-rate sensor interfacing, n > 8-bit data formats.

uOSC supports the Open Sound Control protocol directly on the microprocessor, and the completeness of this implementation serves as a functional reference platform for research and development of the OSC protocol.

The design philosophy of micro-OSC is “by musicians, for musicians”—it is used at CNMAT as a component in prototypes of new sensor-based musical instruments as well as a research platform for the study of realtime protocols and signal-quality issues related to musical gestures.

I have only read through the NIME paper briefly, but an interesting aspect is how they are focusing on the implementation of OSC bundles with time tags, something which is rarely found in most OSC applications. Looking forward to test this on the CUI.

• CUI
• nime
• OSC
• sensor interface
• Sensors
• time tag
• uOSC