Has anyone heard of this thing before? I saw the listing on eBay but haven't seen any actual user feedback. 35 bucks for a tiny chip that has both mods. It seems dead simple and a good price but I'm still pretty noob, and have never heard of Fern before.
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Hey I've never used but it seems fairly legit. You are aware that it doesn't actually include an arduinoboy though right? It's just got the optocoupler ic (basically the MIDI-in part of the arduino). You'd still need a teensy or an atmega chip if you wanted to build an arduinoboy. (Don't wanna sound patronizing if you already knew that.)
$35 for $5 of components seems a bit steep to me, but it's a real nice pcb and I guess the guys gotta eat.
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Thanks for the second set of eyes! What you're saying makes total sense, I just totally missed that it's not got the actual arduino aspect of the whole thing. I guess it was wishful thinking after failing at making an arduino or teensyboy of my own after a half dozen tries.