[b]uttonPad updates (Growing Family)

I have a lot of updates on the project since last time, tons of changes made mostly on driver application. I discovered that one of the main sources of latency was the serial port class of Processing, so I decided to re-implement the driver in C#, since Max/MSP and Ableton Live are not running under … Read more[b]uttonPad updates (Growing Family)

[b]utton Pad ACT III (driver wars)

This is the third part of my epic journey through the world of micro-controllers, MIDI/OSC controllers and all that stuff, and finally I can say that I see pleasing results. The pad now is enclosed in a plywood case which I designed and cut with some help from Eva. Though the individual boards can be … Read more[b]utton Pad ACT III (driver wars)

SP Button Pad Controller ACT II (adventures in the AVRland)

Since things didn’t work out as smoothly as I expected, no proper information on the net, nor anyone wrote a library for it; spent few sleepless nights trying to figure it out, things seemed doomed.. I decided to contact Spark Fun for more technical info. Within an hour they answered me, was really helpful but tried to … Read moreSP Button Pad Controller ACT II (adventures in the AVRland)

SP Button Pad Controller ACT I (latency is a biatch)

Next step for my project, were the Button Pad Controllers. There are two boards, SPI slave board, and a USB master board with USB API. Should be straight forward, or so I thought.. The USB board had two JST connectors, one for the USB cable and one for 5V Power. To make my life slightly … Read moreSP Button Pad Controller ACT I (latency is a biatch)

Weather Lamp

After obtaining my first Arduino prototyping board I had to put it to some good use. By brainstorming, reading and drawing inspiration from various sources I came up with the idea of creating a weather desk lamp. Basically the idea is that it reads weather data from RSS feeds like temperature, wind speed and precipitation and changes accordingly the color and … Read moreWeather Lamp