Foot Pedals

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This is a technical build requiring some electronics, soldering and Arduino programming. If you have a need for sturdy foot pedal with good sensitivity then these have done me a great service (as you can tell by the photo, I have been using them a while now). They simply emulate a keyboard button press and have no analogue functionality. My implementation uses Pro-Micro inline. This takes the microswitch contacts and converts them to a USB Keyboard Keypress. The Pro-Micro emulates a USB keyboard using the "keyboard" library. The firmware I have written for this project uses a windows application that I also created to let you program whatever keys you want for each of the pedals. Requires: 4mm diam rod to act as a hinge 2x micro switches (Remove the arms they are not needed) 1x Arduino Pro-Micro (If using as keyboard emulator) Appropriate screws to fix micro switches in place The firmware and windows config software was written some time ago in haste to get things working. It has not faulted or caused issues in years of use, however, if I get enough requests for the software (firmware and windows config) I will dust off the files and put some time into making them distributable for free to anyone who wants them (without warranty expressed or implied of course). Please ask if you would like the Pro Micro wiring diagram and I will post it with the other thing files.