MIDUINO
The MIDUINO is a combination of MIDI (Musical Instrument
Digital Interface) and the Arduino, which is based around the
ATmega168 microcontroller. The Miduino is a breadboardable Arduino
clone. The Miduino design kit comes with an ATMega168
pre-loaded with bootloader. The design can be utilized for general microcontroller projects or
for specific MIDI designs.
The board design comes with a built in Opto-coupler and 4-way DIP
switch which allows MIDI IN and easy setting of MIDI channels
(1-16) if required. MIDI out is also available. The Miduino board
is designed to be expandable. So MIDI IN is looped to MIDI
OUT, on all the board designs.
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Arduino is an open-source physical computing platform based on
a simple Input/Output board and a development environment that implements
the Processing/Wiring
language.
Arduino can be used to develop stand-alone interactive
objects or can be connected to software on your computer (e.g.
MIDI, Flash, Processing, MaxMSP). The open-source IDE can be downloaded
for free (currently for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux).
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Miduino Specifications:
- Designed , to plug into a breadboard, connect to external
0.1" matrix boards or connect via female
connectors, for easy prototyping
- Size, only 4" x 1.5" (100mm x 40mm)
- Pins brought out are, Digital 0 thru 13, Analog 0 thru 5,
ARef, 5V, Ground
- Chip comes preprogrammed with an Arduino bootloader
- 2 red LEDs, power and "pin 13" similar to the
Arduino Diecimila
- Available as a low cost kit with standard parts,
- All through-hole parts are easy to solder
- ATmega168, running at 16.00 MHz, like the Arduino
Diecimila
- Standard 2.1mm DC jack with 5V
regulator to run from 7V-12V power
- 1N4001 diode protects against using incorrect wall adapter
- 2-pin header for MIDI IN
- 2-pin header for MIDI OUT
- 6-pin header at the end for a USB-TTL cable
- Auto-reset capability when used with a USB-TTL cable
Since this design doesn't include a USB chip, you'll want an FTDI
USB 232-TTL cable. However since the cable plugs directly into
the Miduino, you can use one cable for multiple Miduinos.