took advantage of this by adding a second layer that’s accessible with (what else?) the Num Lock key. But when you roll your own ‘board, all the keys are programmable. Why buy a num pad or a macropad when you can build something new and beautiful, open source that bad boy, and be a hero to the community? We think that should be all the justification you ever need to build instead of buy, even if you think your thing is Just Another Keypad as claims.Īt first glance, JAnK appears to be a standard number pad with four macro keys across the top. If you’d rather have dynamic screens instead of cool keycaps, you can do it cheaper by making non-touch screens actuate momentaries. It has twelve key switches, a rotary encoder, an LED bar graph, and an OLED screen for choosing between the eight different color schemes.
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The current version supports both the Arduino Pro Micro and the ESP32. We like the way they went about it, which was to start by assessing a macro pad kit and use what they learned from building and testing it to design their ideal stream deck. and teamed up to build the perfect stream deck for ’ Twitch channel. Give it clicky switches, if that’s what your ears and fingers want. And what’s the fun in that, anyway? A stream deck is a great candidate for DIY because you can highly personalize the one you make yourself. Sure, there are dedicated commercial versions, but they’re kind of expensive. Many streamers use a type of macro keyboard called a stream deck to greatly improve the experience of juggling all those broadcasting balls. They might be making quips and doing the funny voices that everyone expects them to do, but they’re also busy reading chat messages aloud and responding, managing different scenes and transitions, and so on. The best streamers keep their audience constantly engaged. Here’s one that also takes gesture input.Ĭontinue reading “Meet The Marvelous Macro Music Maker” → Posted in Arduino Hacks, Musical Hacks Tagged arduino, arduino pro micro, macro keyboard, solenoid, speaker
There are many ways to make a macro keyboard. Of course, you might want to wait for version 2, which is coming to Kickstarter in October. If you’re interested in the JC Pro Macro, you can pick it up in various forms over on Tindie. There’s one SVG connection and another with power and ground swapped in the event it is needed. To make it easier to connect up the solenoid and speaker, had a little I☬ helper board fabricated. The drum is controlled with the rotary encoder: push to turn the beat on or off and crank it to change the BPM. That didn’t work out so well, so he switched to the solenoid and printed a thing to hold it upright, and we absolutely love it. ’s original idea for a drum was to have a servo seesawing a chopstick back and forth on the table as one might nervously twiddle a pencil. In the video below, shows how he made it into a music maker by adding a speaker and a small solenoid that does percussion, all while retaining the original macro pad functionality.
Looking for something with regular keyswitches? Oh, we have plenty of those.Ĭontinue reading “CAT Is Not Your Average Meow-cropad” → Posted in Arduino Hacks, Peripherals Hacks Tagged arduino, arduino pro micro, macro keyboard, macro padĭo you kind of want a macropad, but aren’t sure that you would use it? Hackaday alum is now making and selling the JC Pro Macro on Tindie, which is exactly what it sounds like - a Pro Micro-based macro keypad with an OLED screen and a rotary encoder. Claw past the break to check them out in action. Don’t want to invest the time to make your own CAT? These kitties are also available for pre-order. There is even a bonus 3D modeling tutorial. More information is available on the Lynx Workshop site, which is where you’ll also find tutorials and instructions for everything from the 3D printing to the electronics to the assembly and coding. There are two breeds of CAT available to build or buy: one has 25 buttons, and the other has a joystick or trackball on the thumb between two upper and two lower buttons. Interestingly enough, the switches are all lever-action and not push buttons. Inside each of these slinky felines is pretty much what you’d expect to find - 25 or so switches and an Arduino Pro Micro. Are you completely over the idea of the keyboard in any flattish form and looking for something completely different for inputting your data? Or do you want a mega macropad for 3D design, GIMP or Inkscape work, or to use while relaxing with a nice first-person shooter? Then this ergonomic, double-fistable keyboard/controller mashup named CAT may be what you’re looking for.
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