Desktop usb hid control
As my old keyboard did not have any multimedia control , each time i was playing i could not play/pause or even rise up the music volume. So i decided to make a box with some basic hid functions , at first i though of making a library but doing some research about how to do it i found a wonderfull arduino library:
it fitted almost all my needs, and the ones that didn't like muting discord where achive by making some macros with the pro-micro keyboard capabilities:
BEWARE!!! THERE ARE TWO MODELS THE 5V AND THE 3.3V NOT SELECTING THE CORRECT MODEL IN ARDUINO IDE WILL BRICK YOUR PRO-MICRO,IT CAN BE RECOVERED AS SHOWN IN HERE(this happened to me so please be carefull):
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/pro-micro--fio-v3-hookup-guide/troubleshooting-and-faq
You'll have to install NicoHood's library and add to the arduino ide the .json , you'll find it in here:
For the time being this is the .json, be aware that it could change, in case it does not work refer to the upper link.
About minimal to be used items
- Rotatory encoder(volume control)
- Five push buttons for hid
- Push button (different from the hid ones) , to move between the 3 profiles
- Two leds to show the profile(no ligh-profile 0 , one-profile 1,two-profile 2)
my full set up
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All above
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Another push button to turn on/off the pc
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Two 6 pin connectors(two pins for powering on/off & four for usb )
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Two meters of 6 core cable (depending on your mobo on/off pins if they work by grounding you could make it with just five core and 5 pins connectors)
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Motherboard usb conector
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Blank backplate from pc box expanding ports
