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2 layersMIDIMonkey, the printed circuit board in 3D

Listens to MIDI messages on one pin and triggers drums on the others

Copper layers
2
Thickness
1.6 mm
Parts
8
Nets
22
Pads
47
Tracks, vias
41, 2
Routed
Yes
KiCad
KiCad 4
Created
1 May 2018
Updated
1 May 2018

Overview

MIDIMonkey is an open-source printed circuit board by aleh, from the aleh/MIDIMonkey repository on GitHub, published under the MIT licence. It is a 2-layer board with 8 parts on 22 nets, routed with 41 tracks and 2 vias.

It is built around the ATTINY85-15M. Its parts include 3 resistors, 3 connectors and 2 ICs. It belongs with the audio and music boards and the AVR (ATmega, ATtiny) boards of this library.

Main components

1

README

README.md

MIDIMonkey

Listens to MIDI messages on one pin and triggers drums on the other pins (4 or 5 pins for ATtiny85).

I needed this when making analogue drums loosely following this schematics from Delptronics. I did not want to make a hardware sequencer, so opted to making a simple MIDI input instead.

The code is for ATtiny85, but should work on any Arduino. (For ATtiny85 you can use "Digispark (8mhz - no USB)" board in the Arduino IDE.)

Schematics

This one is for ATtiny85 but should be easy to apply to any Arduino.


Parts

8
QtyValueFootprintReferences
11KResistors_THT:R_Axial_DIN0309_L9.0mm_D3.2mm_P2.54mm_VerticalR2
1200Resistors_THT:R_Axial_DIN0309_L9.0mm_D3.2mm_P2.54mm_VerticalR1
15K1Resistors_THT:R_Axial_DIN0309_L9.0mm_D3.2mm_P2.54mm_VerticalR3
16N138Housings_DIP:DIP-8_W7.62mmU1
1ATtiny85Housings_DIP:DIP-8_W7.62mmU2
1ISPAleh:PROTO_2x5J3
1MIDI INAleh:PROTO_MIDIJ1
1OUTPUTSAleh:PROTO_8J2

Questions

What parts does the MIDIMonkey use?

8 parts, built around the ATTINY85-15M. The full list of its parts is on this page, with links to each part's symbol and footprint where PCBKit's library has them.

Where can I download the MIDIMonkey KiCad files?

From the aleh/MIDIMonkey repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is kicad/MIDIMonkey.kicad_pcb. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.

Can I use the MIDIMonkey design in my own project?

Its repository publishes it under the MIT licence: you may reuse it on that licence's terms (keep the author's notice, and for a copyleft licence share your changes alike).

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