Sunday 30 November 2014

Midi for the Arduino - Circuit Analysis

The Devil's in the Details


One thing I have discovered during my time on this blog is that you folks love connecting things to other things with Midi.

My original Midi for the Arduino article was written a few years back when I was a mere blogging neophyte so I figured it was time for a refresh.

I've seen a lot of articles on how to build a Midi circuit, but haven't found many on how it works. So let's examine Midi circuitry in excruciating detail.

In the video below we'll get to know the 6n138 Optocoupler, examine a Midi Byte, and try to figure out what that weird resistor on Pin 7 actually does!


Check out the next installment in the MIDI for the Arduino series where we build a MIDI Input Circuit