LunchBox - The DIY Midi Controller

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This is a DIY midi controller based off of Adafruit's Untztrument and an Instructable called 'Sugar Cube' by Amanda Ghassaei. It uses a mix of components, most noticeably a 2x2 array of Adafruit Neotrellis. Uses an Arduino Leonardo for its brain. Has two Sparkfun 15mm RGB elastomer bumper buttons (achieved by cutting a 2x2 PCB in half twice). Four potentiometers, one encoder, has a 3 axis accelerometer for gesture control, 5 din midi out, toggle on/off switch, and a rechargeable 7.4 volt 2200mAh battery. All of the code is still in the works as I am learning it exclusively for this project, so I wanted to get it out there because it will be awhile before I have anything written. This is still in beta phase so detailed build instructions and a list of components will come soon. Build Instructions: The 3 pieces of the enclosure press together but you will probably want to super glue the bottom to the sides and place a dab of hot glue to the cover to hold shut after you're happy with the wiring and have tested everything. The pieces I made to hold the bumper buttons have not been tested or printed by me yet as I have mine hot glued in place with an earlier prototype piece. You should be able to use just hot glue to hold them but then risk pushing them loose. The contact rings on the SparkFun 15mm elastomer pads took too much pressure to make contact. I resolved this issue by gluing some tinfoil over top of the conductive rings and now very little pressure is needed for contact. You may need to do this as well. Don't forget to add your resistors to protect your components and pins! I missed on one of the RGB leads and fried a pin! This project uses all but 1 pin so i was able to swap it over, not much room for error. After setting up your multi-trellis and soldering the pads to make custom addresses I recommend writing them down or saving a text file in your project folder with the addresses. I also made an input/output map so I knew what pins the components were wired to without having to open the case. Material List: (1x) Tenergy TLP-2000 Smart Charger for Li-Ion/LiPo Battery Packs: 3.7V - 14.8V http://www.all-battery.com/TLP2000-li-ion-packcharger-01211.aspx (1x) Tenergy Li-Ion 7.4V 2200mAh Rechargeable Battery w/ PCB (2S1P, 16.25Wh, 4A Rate)http://www.all-battery.com/li-ion1865074v2200mahrechargeablebatterymodulewithpcb-2.aspx (1x) 5-Pin MIDI Jack Digikey CP-7050-ND https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/cui-inc/SDF-50J/CP-7050-ND/252002 (4x) 10kOhm linear taper potentiometer Digikey 987-1308-ND https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/P160KN-0QD15B10K/987-1308-ND/2408885 (4x) Adafruit NeoTrellis RGB Driver PCB for 4x4 Keypad PLUS elastomer buttons https://www.adafruit.com/product/3954 (1x) Arduino Leonardo Microcontroller https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0786LJQ8K/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_WWlqCbG1TTA1Z (1x) SparkFun 2x2 RGB Button Pad PLUS elastomer buttons https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9277 (1x) Push Button Rotary Encoder https://www.adafruit.com/product/377 (1x) SPST Toggle Switch https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/nkk-switches/M2011SS1W01%2FUC/360-3289-ND/2105194 (2x) 5mm RGB LED (for sparkfun pcb) (1x) 220Ohm 1/4watt resistor Digikey CF14JT220RCT-ND (for Midi Out) (6x)100Ohm resistors for RGB LED (1x)Cut piece of strip board for positive and negative connections Various colors of 22 gauge wire and pin headers Super glue, Hot glue, and solder will be needed