operators123 Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Hi, I've just discovered midibox and I think it's the best way to go about building a DJ controller. It looks very flexible and seems to offer very good performance (<1ms latency really interested me). Anyways, I want to use the PIC based core module built from scratch, I noticed it uses a PIC18F452 though. I have a brand new PIC18F45k50 sitting at home and it'd be great if I could use this. I think it's alot newer but more importantly has D-/D+ ports for USB2.0 communication which means I can directly connect it to my USB ports and use it rather than having some kind of UART to USB circuit. I want to know if it's possible to make some kind of PIC18f45k50 based core module based off the existing core module design, and if I could still program it with the bootloader once, and program all the I/O's over USB connection (I noticed there's a GUI program, you can use this to set what each button/pot/LED does right?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuriken Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 I think your information is slightly out-dated. The most current core is STM32F4 based. The PIC core is at the end of capabilities. Your PIC is not even supported and would require you to rewrite code. I would recommend you move to the STM32F4, it's not that expensive. You can then use the Midibox NG project which is aimed at controllers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
operators123 Posted January 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) Ah right, I didn't actually read about that one, I just assumed the ARM boards were a bit expensive and that PIC's were a more affordable solution, but the STM32F4 board is only £10 which is great so I guess I'm going to go with that instead. Just wish there was a PCB design available I could make the midibox core module myself :shifty: Guess I'll use the schematic and design it myself Edited January 24, 2015 by operators123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electrodancer Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 you can buy a pcb for the STM32F4 core....in the midibox webshop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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