via Rugged Circuits"The Flexible MIDI Shield for Arduino adds MIDI IN and MIDI OUT connections for working with musical equipment. Use it to control MIDI synthesizers, respond to MIDI keyboard events, or even as a USB-to-MIDI converter. The mechanical size and shape of the shield, along with included stacking headers, allows other shields to stack on top so you can add even more functionality.
Flexibility comes from being able to select which pins are used for MIDI IN (Rx) and MIDI OUT (Tx). You can use the built-in hardware serial port pins D0 and D1 or you can select from many other serial pins and use the SoftwareSerial (or NewSoftSerial) libraries, while keeping the D0/D1 pins free for USB communication. Additional flexibility comes from being able to upload sketches without flipping any switches, even if your sketch uses D0/D1 (USB serial pins).
This is not a “kit”, there is nothing to solder, and no extra connectors or components to buy. It is fully assembled and ready to work right out of the box. Compatible with Arduino Uno, Duemilanove, Mega/Mega2560, Ruggeduino, or other Arduino-compatible boards."
via WilliamK: "I'm already doing some tests with it on my own 6 voice 8-bit drum-player, which they will release soon."
I would love to see some feedback and some example projects, and code for this shield!
ReplyDeleteTheirs not much about it out their except on their site, and theirs not a whole lot their.
Hankenstein, here you go. I'm working with this shield, it works well.
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