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Alex MC - Unfortunately the PCB is glued inside the box at this point, but here's a picture I found online of the same PCB (Ignore the red arrow): http://i28.tinypic.com/34pkj8o.jpg Basically I left the tabs plugged into the terminals (Which is what that hand in the picture is pushing the tab into)...

I just wanted to express my thanks for the information and inspiration provided to help tackle one of these projects. This was for the most part my first foray into electronics (I caught the Instructables DIY bug bad! :roll:) Anyways here's my version: 10 main buttons, with a Caps Lock Bank Changer...

I just wanted to express my thanks for the information and inspiration provided to help tackle one of these projects. This was for the most part my first foray into electronics (I caught the Instructables DIY bug bad! :roll:) Anyways here's my version: 10 main buttons, with a Caps Lock Bank Changer...

Glad that helped! One other thing - when you mount your switches on your faceplate, *make sure* you have screwed a nut onto the thread BELOW the panel as well as above - this ensures you don't put strain on the switch where it joins the threaded section. I neglected to do this and managed to break 3...

Hmm... sounds like you have done everything correctly; I can't imagine why it's not working. Did you check whether shorting 2-3 works (switch both depressed and undepressed)? If you're not getting a signal across 2-3 then you have a problem with your meter or switch. Those buttons have to be presse...

Those are double-pole, double-throw switches... meaning that each switch has two positions (ON/OFF) and can control 2 circuits simultaneously. For our purpose we only need one circuit switched, so we only use one 'side' of the switch, but for the sake of understanding think of the switch as being s...

momentary is the way to go, latching switches act as if you are holding down the key. the caps lock key is already sort of auto latching - tap it momentarily once for caps, tap again for uncaps. you could achieve the same result by using a latching switch on the shift key. the advantage of that is ...

I have a problem with the momentary switches. I bought the ones you linked (http://www.rapidonline.com/netalogue/specs/78-0743.pdf). I am confused because there are not two but six connectors (1,2,3, M, M, M) and I couldn't make the switch work by crossing two connectors (I tried every combination....

Nicely done! Hope it works as expected... In my build I used the Caps Lock key rather than SHIFT key as I wanted to use the Caps LED to indicate bank 1 or 2... Of course, I realised belatedly (and accompanied by much cursing) that Caps doesn't shift non-alphabetic characters to their 'upper case' ou...

Yes - this makes sense. Although it only took ~10 minutes to figure out what tracks I would use with a multimeter. Not every combination of terminals will produce a character, though.

thank you so much, this is wonderful! so there are two keyboards connected (the footswitch one and a real one).. i wonder how the computer reacts: * just one keyboard works? * or both work simultanously? * is there difference between usb + ps/2 keyboard compared to two usb keyboards connected? Yes,...

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Brilliant! Thanks for sharing. .m :D :D :D :lol: :lol: :lol: :D :D :D I kinda thought it might go down well on this forum! I posted this guide on a guitar forum I go to as well and they weren't very interested... Building the base took the longest amount of time and required the builk of the tools....

Please, where didi you buy these metal momentary switches? The one I found seemed very expensive to me... I *had* been looking at Maplins.co.uk but they were close to £4 each. Then I found these: http://www.rapidonline.com/Electronic-Components/Switches/Push-Button-Switches/Foot-switches/79208 £1.0...

FINAL ASSEMBLY All that now remains is to connect the switches and wiring loom on the lid to the PCB via a terminal block: http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff117/alexmc1471/foot%20controller/wiringcomplete.jpg Very conveniently, the bolts holding the PCB together fitted almost exactly into the ho...