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Take a look at the MIDIbox UC in the Wiki: http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=midibox_uc We have grouped 16 rotary encoders with button function around 2 vertical 64x240 pixels graphic displays. This way you have at least two lines with 10 characters each per encoder for parameter description etc. You could use the same hardware and modify the MIOS application running on it to fit your needs. It is C code, so you can read it quite well (as opposed to assembler - I hope). Best regards, ilmenator

Smash TV es de los Estados Unidos. Saludos, ilmenator

I want to have it too :) Best regards, ilmenator

Dem kann ich nur zustimmen. Die Gebühren, die da für ebay-Verkäufe vom Verkäufer verlangt werden, sind eigentlich horrend - und wie hier schon öfters mal durchgeklungen ist, hat man als Verkäufer bei Paypal-Transaktionen eher den kürzeren Hebel. Innerhalb Europas versuche ich deshalb, Paypal zu vermeiden.

Try to export all text engravings as a HPGL-file and re-import that file into FPE. I have a feeling that this could be considerably cheaper while rendering the same results... :) Additionally, this would allow the use of really fancy fonts, if you like. Best regards, ilmenator

Konto geht oder ging früher auch - Paypal überweist(e) dazu zwei Minimalbeträge, deren Höhe man nach Empfang dann in einem Webformular eingeben musste, schon war das Konto verifiziert. Keine Ahnung, ob sich das Geschäftsmodell geändert hat, wo sie jetzt eine Banklizenz haben... ilmenator

It's nice also nice because you could use external buttons / trigger pads to change the sequences, if I get it correctly. And I had just decided to abandon the idea of building a Monome... Best regards, ilmenator

Prices are starting at 20,- Euros each... :o http://search.ebay.de/_W0QQsassZberlin-funkQQhtZ-1 ilmenator

I'd be interested in PCBs for the CEM3379. I have eight of them that want to be used ;) Best regards, ilmenator

It's difficult to get the connectors in 8 pins wide. 10 pins connectors are easy to get everywhere, so in order to make the connection less error prone (which two pins to leave open when connecting a 10 pin connector to an 8 pin DIL header??) it's a good idea to provide two additional holes in the PCB - then you can simply solder in a 10 pin DIL header and there is no confusion (okay, you can still put on the connector the wrong way round - but you only have two choices instead of 4 ;D). Best regards, ilmenator

It's here: http://www.frappr.com/midibox PM me if you like, I'll be in centreville from Tuesday on, but most probably without much free time until Friday. Best regards, ilmenator

sure :D

Hello, next week I am on a business trip to Montreal / Canada - anybody from the community there? I found noone in the frappr map, but maybe you are just lazy... Best regards, ilmenator

Hallo MTE, wieviel Versand bei 10 Stück? Hast du genau diesen Typ bereits zum Laufen gebracht? Ich habe hier schon mehrere Versuche mit aus Handys ausgebauten hinter mir, die Displays sahen teilweise unterschiedlich aus, aber keiner der Versuche war erfolgreich... Grüße, ilmenator

Na, da liest wohl jemand von albs den Thread mit und hat Angst, dass das Geschäft nun doch nicht zustande kommt... :-* Sind das jetzt 11,60 (engl. Übersetzung) oder 11,20 (Originaltext)? Evtl. doch Interesse hier... Grüße, ilmenator

No worries, I am still in for one base PCB, no matter when it comes ;D ilmenator

Stryd, you might want to look at GoodSync: I found that it is money well spent, I have two licenses and use a fast 2GB USB stick to transfer data between my home and my work PC. That's three places... (knock on wood). Best regards, ilmenator

So why not build one using MIDIbox? And make it SEQ3 compatible, so patterns and songs can be imported from the bankstick ;D. Nah, just dreaming. Best regards, ilmenator

Hi Wilba, maybe you could add a 5 1/4" drive power connector socket like the one below. It is pretty much standardized and one could connect any type of external PSU to it. Or maybe a simple SIL header (3 or 5 pins wide) would be enough? I am in for one of those boards! Best regards, ilmenator

The JAVA editor is the most important component right now, as it is necessary for comfortably giving real functionality to the MIDIbox UC. Without the editor, the UC is just plain dumb and doesn't know who she is... :) Once this is working, we will see what else needs to be done. "Follow-up" relates to a student's project open at my university. It is about making the ruins of the JAVA-editor actually work properly. The basic functionality is there, but the way that the data structures are handled produces some strange results. Apparently the data gets scrambled before or upon being sent by the JAVA editor to the MIDIbox UC, so the UC is left with a scrambled memory. This results in arbitrary MIDI messages sent by the UC when in "Editor mode", which is exactly the problem that we have now. Best regards, ilmenator

Careful, this is not true: we use two separate core modules, one for each of the two displays. This is also described in the documentation. The driver we use is the original one provided by Thorsten for the vertical setup of GLCDs. The addition that we did only refers to the "distribution of content" onto the two displays, e.g. encoder 12 belongs to display 2, etc. Best regards, ilmenator

Hello waveformer, although many people have been quite excited about this project, nobody has contributed to the JAVA editor software. As this was a student's project, the people originally working on this are no longer available nor interested - except for me, who was the supervisor, but currently I am in a situation where I cannot contribute myself. Actually, there is a follow-up project available, but nobody has signed up for this as of yet. You are free to contribute! Best regards, ilmenator

Great, PM me when you know what you need to charge! Thanks a lot, ilmenator

Unfortunately not - the encoders cannot be opened, their plastic housing is "welded" together. I am afraid of breaking the encoder upon opening it up. It is not the heavy duty type of thing. Any ideas going into a more IC / electronic direction? Best regards, ilmenator

Hi all, I need to replace a rotary encoder in one of my units (Emu Esi-32). Apparently, the one that was in there had a detention scheme as shown on the left hand picture - the one I have here for replacement has the right-hand detention scheme. As a result, when I use the new encoder the entered values are incremented in jumps of 4. What's the easiest way of making my encoder work as it is supposed to? Is there any IC that does this job readily (counter/comparator maybe?), or should I use one of those small PICs to convert the data? Any suggestions are welcome! Thanks, ilmenator