Hello.
As I am new to the forum I can't post it where it should belong so I start this new thread.
I happen to have an arduino and this sparkfun midi shield : http://snootlab.com/sparkfun/372-midi-b … 03580.html
Can I use the arduinoboy code as is or do I need to do some modifications? I am not really confortable with code...
thanks
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Chicago IL
You don't need to do anything to the code unless you're trying to change the way it works.
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Cool.
I have read somewhere that the pinout didn't match the code andthat there were some modification to do, so if you say it's alright I am going to thry that really soon. Thanks
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Chicago IL
Oh, I don't really know about the pin-out stuff, i meant more from the GB code angle, but i'm sure it depends on which arduino model you're using. Just try searching the model type and arduinoboy on the forums.
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I tried, already and on google too and I found a topic but it's too old for me to be able to post into it. I have the Arduino uno, the super common model. So it's not that sure that it could work "as is", you little coquinou.
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Bristol
I've used this MIDI Shield to build Ardunio Boys a couple of times : http://www.coolcomponents.co.uk/catalog … p-492.html
No code changes required.
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I am feeling kind of stupid right now, the shield I have is only for the midi in and out on the Rx and Tx pins, all the other are just "pins to solder"... thanks anyway.
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Murcia, Spain
I know nothing about that MIDI Shield and Arduinoboys, but anyways you can easily change the pinout without a lot of hassle. Just look in the code for what pin does what and change it using the "Search and replace" tool to wathever pin you need. Or, even better, if the programmer declared each pin as a variable, just change which pin the variable corresponds to and that's all! : )
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Maybe but, I had a look at the code, and it doesn't seem to be that simple (or maybe it is?). As I read in another post the led are triggered by something like B000111 in which 0 is led off and 1 is led on (I assume). I have once, with my super-programmer experience, tried to modify the nanoloop sync code from Gij's but it didn't work at all and it was the same type of B010101.
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Texas
Just throwing it out there, but I made a shield that is specifically for the ArduinoBoy if you wanted to go that route instead:
http://victimcache.com/hardware/shieldboy/
You have to build it, but the schematics are there for the taking and you can have the board fabbed at oshpark.com for a reasonable price. If there was enough interest, doing a bulk order would drop the price even more.
I also made a rackmount version that does away with needing an Uno board, but it doesn't work as well for live shows as I wanted. So instead I'm going to make a stomp box style thing that has an ArduinoBoy, a PISS Box style noise filter, and probably a balun (active or passive, not sure which yet) for balanced output. Haven't started on that just yet beyond some loose schematics, but when I'm done I plan on sharing all that work just as I do for all the other stuff I make.
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
I've got a sparkfun shield sitting around somewhere. I'll take some time tonight to see if I can make the arduinoBoy code work with it and I'll upload it here if I do.
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matt's mind
somewhat related to this topic: Schmartboard is having a 33% of sale on their thru-hole arduino shields
http://www.schmartboard.com/index.asp?p … amp;id=668
enter the code "I Love Schmartboard" for the coupon during checkout
got an email about this just now, figured i'd pass it on since their is some work with shields going on right now (even though this isn't a sparkfun shield, or a midi shield). could probably be adapted easily