Prevent embarrassing audio mishaps on your next voice conference with the TALK-R - a mute button for Discord! It also does Push-To-Talk and has a foot-switch input for gamers.
One of the most difficult parts of building a homemade electronic gizmo, is making it not look homemade. I have explored many techniques in my quest to come up with a cool looking enclosure for my projects, but this latest experiment may turn out to be one of my favorites.
I have been designing circuit boards for many years but for some reason I never thought to use a PCB for the faceplate of the project. It makes total sense when you think about it. Circuit boards come in custom shapes with precisely milled holes and cut outs. And silk-screened graphics are par for the course. So, I decided to try to make a custom front panel using a black circuit board from my friends at JLCPCB. The results are amazing! And they do all the work.
I used Fusion 360 to design the board and Inkscape to draw the graphics. The final step was to import the files into KiCAD and finish the board. I have to admit, getting all these programs to work together was a challenge - so I documented the entire process in the following video! Take some time and follow along and you'll be designing your own custom faceplates in no time!
DOWNLOAD the Inkscape graphics used in the video HERE
Welcome to Part 2 of the LOOP-R controller for TRAKTOR S4 MkIII. In Part 1 I showed you the circuit and how to build it. In this part we'll take a look at how I came up with a custom enclosure to make it look pretty.
I recently got a TRAKTOR S4 MkIII so I could do some live music production on my Twitch streams. The Traktor software has a Loop Recorder included but unfortunately, Native Instruments removed the loop controls on the MkIII. No big deal, we'll build our own!
I call this project the LOOP-R and it allows you to easily access all the loop recorder commands with the push of a button. Watch the video to learn how to build your own on a breadboard.
As some of you may know, I have a Twitch Channel where I hang out when I'm working in the Lab. During one of my streams I met a couple of really nice German guys who are the creators of the GetInTouch extension for Twitch. I was very impressed with the Arduino Library they created that can easily connect an Arduino to your Twitch channel.
After playing around for a while I came up with a LCD Bench Display that allows viewers to send messages during the stream. As a bonus, it plays some preset messages when it's not in use. Free advertising! So in this episode I'll show you how to build your own.
You can download the code and schematic HERE
Download the 3D printable enclosure at my THINGIVERSE page
After a lot of long nights in the lab I have finally finished the enclosure for the TEENSY-Synth! This was a challenging build and I had to pick up a few new tricks along the way, but I'm really happy with the way it turned out.
1 - 74HC4067 Multiplexer (Do NOT get the 74HCT4067 version)
(NOTE: The DIP package of the 74HC4067 seems to be going away. If you want to experiment with this circuit on a breadboard you can use a breakout board like this one from SparkFun)
