HIDUINO: Your Arduino is Now A MIDI Interface

March 28, 2011 By 15 Comments
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[Dimitri Diakopoulos] dropped into our tip line to let us know his HIDUINO project. The HIDUINO is a set of firmware for the ATmega8u2 used in the new revisions of the Arduino  (Uno, and Mega2560 for example).  Once the HIDUINO is loaded your Arduino can show up as any HID compliant device you wish, no extra drivers necessary. This means that using this firmware, music software such as Max, … [Read more...]

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Apple Adjustable Keyboard USB hack

July 7, 2009 By 19 Comments
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When [Tom] got tired of the large size of his Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 keyboard, he decided to hack a recently acquired Apple Adjustable Keyboard for use with Windows. After removing the ancient ADB based control board from the Apple keyboard, he was able to map the keys and transplant the Microsoft keyboard's USB control board into the Apple keyboard. After soldering the control board into … [Read more...]

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