Description:
This Science Kit is a Makey Makey Kit that tricks your computer into thinking that almost anything is a keyboard. Makey Makey Kit allows you to hook up all kinds of fun things as input. For example, play Mario with a Play-Doh keyboard, or piano with fruit!
Makey Makey Kit uses high resistance switching to detect when you've made a connection even through materials that aren't very conductive (like leaves, pasta or people). This technique attracts noise on the input, so a moving window average is used to lowpass the noise. The onboard ATMega32u4 communicates with your computer using the Human Interface Device (HID) protocol, which means it can act as a keyboard or mouse.
There are six inputs on the front of the Makey Makey Kit, which can be attached to via alligator clipping, soldering to the pads, or any other method you can think of. There are another 12 inputs on the back, 6 for keyboard keys, and 6 for mouse motion, which you can access with jumpers via the female headers. If you wish to use a different set of keys, or otherwise change the behaviour of this Makey Makey Kit, you can reprogram it using the Arduino environment.
Specifications:
- Voltage: DC 5V
- Communication Interface: USB
- Controller Board Size: 9.4cm x 4.8cm
Features:
- Makey Makey Kit allows you to hook up all kinds of fun things as input.
- Makey Makey Kit is an invention kit that tricks your computer into thinking that almost anything is a keyboard.
- Makey Makey Kit uses high resistance switching to detect when you've made a connection even through materials that aren't very conductive.
- The onboard ATMega32u4 communicates with your computer using the Human Interface Device (HID) protocol which means that it can act as a keyboard or mouse.
Package Included:
- 1 x Controller Board
- 10 x Alligator Clips
- 1 x USB Cable
- 10 x Jumper Wires