MIDIbox beginner

[Glennzone]

Hi sparkys,

I have designed a MIDI interface in Flex/Flash (AS3) for the purposes of storing and sending MIDI Program Change commands, with single channel presets as well as multiple channel presets. I am in the process of researching the components, etc. for this project, and I would appreciate some guidance.

From what I can tell, the STM32 is the way to go because I do want to connect both with a computer, and to multiplex several other MIDI controller devices I am designing to follow this current one. My design specifies that MIDI will return to the computer via USB.

The components I need for this interface are as follows :

56 buttons (backlit when selected, hopefully, or at least some indication)

1 slider (rheostat)

1 4x40 character blue LCD Display

4 red LEDs

For this, I am under the impression that I will need to following modules :

Core32

DIN

DOUT

Because this MIDI Controller is only one of a suite of devices I have designed, I am also considering the MBNet TK has alluded to on the uCAPPS site.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. I've been poring through the 1200 page Mouser catalog, but my eyes glaze over after a period of time. :-P

Thanks,

Glennzone

[findbuddha]

If you want to use Core32 you'll need to do some programming yourself - check http://svnmios.midibox.org/ for code/tutorials etc. to make sure you're comfortable with this.

Each DINx4/DOUTx4 module has 32 pins - you'll need 1 pin for each LED/button, unless you want to work out a matrix.