The Button 64 Shield is an Arduino shield to which you can connect up to 64 buttons. We had a customer inquiry as to whether or not the Button 64 Shield could be used with an Arduino Leonardo so that it could operate as a standard USB HID to work like a keyboard or game-controller. Great question! Turns… Read More »
While building prototypes the need to cut an existing PCBs or generic prototyping PCBs to fit your project will come up once in a while. What I normally do is score the PCB with a box cutting knife or hack saw the board into the shape I need. Both of these techniques end up making a bunch of… Read More »
I was working on an Arduino style project the other day and needed just a couple of more pins. I really didn’t want to add any extra circuitry to the project so I looked at the Atmega328 and wondered how I could get more pins out of it. Then it dawned on me, simply remove the crystal and… Read More »
Augmented, originally uploaded by Spikenzie. I really get a kick out of augmented reality applications. The photo above was made using an iPhone and a free augmented reality app. The photo on the left shows the target that the app uses. After looking through the iPhone display for a while, I’m always surprised to see that model is… Read More »
DKKAI Roadie, originally uploaded by Spikenzie. The DKKAI has a two row connector on board designed for expansions. Here we are working on a prototype of the “DKKAI Roadie”. With the Roadie, your can change the midi notes associated with each drum head completely ‘on the fly’. No need to edit the sketch, recompile & upload. The changes… Read More »