PICMIX - DIY midi DJ controller

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Originally Posted by Skirmitt

Since the proto board works flawless I decided to make a PCB out of it. I adjusted the schematics to make it modular.
Updated version of the schematics here: http://mylantec.be/upload/PICMIX_final.pdf

Features on the mainboard will be:

• TTL serial input and output
• 5V DC powered
• PIC16F886 @ 8 MHz / ICSP header for programming
• 16 led outputs
• 16 button inputs
• 2 optical encoder inputs
• 1 debounced mechanical encoder input
• 16 analog inputs
• analog, led and button inputs are expandable with shift registers

When finished this board will be in my midifighter clone too.
To make the connection with the PC I'll use a modified USB to midi converter board as explained earlier.

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Any chance you'll be selling PCB's?

Perhaps yes, I'll definately share the design.

This is fabulous, man! Keep up the good work!

looks awesome in that wooden case. great work man!

Guess what I'm building next:

http://mylantec.be/upload/Foto0148.jpg

Yeah, a midifighter clone. This is 2mm black anodized lasercutted aluminum. Will open a new thread when I'm a bit further with this. The picmix is finished, only thing that will be changed is a new PCB with the midi brain I'm still drawing.

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Originally Posted by Skirmitt

Guess what I'm building next:

Yeah, a midifighter clone. This is 2mm black anodized lasercutted aluminum. Will open a new thread when I'm a bit further with this. The picmix is finished, only thing that will be changed is a new PCB with the midi brain I'm still drawing.

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looks very cool :) how's about adding 4 more (smaller) buttons ala MF3d for bank changing? 4 layers of a 4x4 grid would be very powerful... the main thing i don't like about my midifighter is sacrificing 4 arcade buttons just for bank switching (and i love like the case too much to botch it and add in 4 more to the expansion ports)

Well to be honest I tought on that after I had send out the panel for machining. I'm not much of an effect DJ, this is just to get familiar with it. Plan is to have the first 2 banks for instant gratification mapping and the other 2 for samples and que points. If I'm not satisfied with this I might make something else like the Faderfox FX3:

http://www.faderfox.de/mark/images/stories/FX3.jpg

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Originally Posted by Skirmitt

Well to be honest I tought on that after I had send out the panel for machining. I'm not much of an effect DJ, this is just to get familiar with it. Plan is to have the first 2 banks for instant gratification mapping and the other 2 for samples and que points. If I'm not satisfied with this I might make something else like the Faderfox FX3:

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i've heard a lot of good things about the faderfox controllers tho personally i don't like the "toy like" look of them esp the buttons. nice layout tho.

some kind of generic combination of pads and buttons would be very cool, which is why i think i'll pick up a K2, tho the F1 looks very interesting - as do all the behringer units. too much choice at the moment i guess :p cool tho if u can build exactly what you want.

PCB drawing is ready, need to check some things and tweak the tracks here and there but it's 90% done.
Preview:

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Your work.... is incredible. Bravo sir.