MiniDexed Quad DAC PCB Build Guide

Here are the build notes for the MiniDexed Quad DAC PCB. Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second hand equipment for your experiments. I am not responsible for any damage to expensive instruments! If you are new to single board computers, see the Getting Started pages. Bill of Materials MiniDexed Quad DAC PCB (GitHub link … Continue reading MiniDexed Quad DAC PCB Build Guide →

MiniDexed Quad DAC PCB Design

This is the design for a MiniDexed IO board for the Raspberry Pi 5 that supports four GY-PCM5102 modules as described here: RPi 5 Quad Stereo Sound with PCM5102A. Build guide here: MiniDexed Quad DAC PCB Build Guide. Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second hand equipment for your experiments. I am not responsible for any … Continue reading MiniDexed Quad DAC PCB Design →

RPi 400 MIDI and Audio PCB Build Guide

Here are the build notes for my RPi 400 MIDI and Audio PCB. https://makertube.net/w/tMyv2KC5D9zFLqs32MEjQa Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second hand equipment for your experiments. I am not responsible for any damage to expensive instruments! In this case - inserting this pcb incorrectly (which unfortunately is possible with the RPi-400) could damage the … Continue reading RPi 400 MIDI and Audio PCB Build Guide →

RPi 400 MIDI and Audio PCB Design

Now I've got my Raspberry Pi 400 up and running I've built a MIDI and I2S audio add-on board for use with the GPIO. Build guide here: RPi 400 MIDI and Audio PCB Build Guide. Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second hand equipment for your experiments. I am not responsible for any damage to … Continue reading RPi 400 MIDI and Audio PCB Design →

RPi Zero MiniDexed IO Board PCB Build Guide

Here are the build notes for my RPi Zero MiniDexed IO Board PCB. Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second hand equipment for your experiments. I am not responsible for any damage to expensive instruments! If you are new to microcontrollers and single board computers, see the Getting Started pages. Bill of Materials RPi Zero … Continue reading RPi Zero MiniDexed IO Board PCB Build Guide →

RPi Zero MiniDexed IO Board PCB Design

Having now found a way to use a Raspberry Pi Zero as a DX7 USB Dongle in a "headless" capacity I thought it would be useful to have a version of my MiniDexed Raspberry Pi IO Board suitable for use with the Zero. RPi Zero MiniDexed IO Board PCB Build Guide Warning! I strongly recommend using old … Continue reading RPi Zero MiniDexed IO Board PCB Design →

A DX7 USB Dongle

The amazing Rene Stange added USB Gadget (i.e. device) support to the Circle bare metal Raspberry Pi environment a while ago so I've now incorporated that into MiniDexed. This allows MiniDexed to be used as a USB device - i.e. it can just be plugged into a PC and used via USB MIDI directly, as … Continue reading A DX7 USB Dongle →

16 Tone Generator MiniDexed

I've been looking into how it might be possible to get 16 tone generators running on MiniDexed, essentially giving the equivalent of a whole DX7 on each of the 16 MIDI channels. This post looks at some of the options I've looked at: Simply using MIDI THRU to connect two independent MiniDexeds with 8 TG … Continue reading 16 Tone Generator MiniDexed →

RPi Dual MiniDexed PCB – Part 2

Here are the build notes for the RPi Dual MiniDexed PCB Design. https://youtu.be/WnxW_eS3AZY Warning! I strongly recommend using old or second hand equipment for your experiments. I am not responsible for any damage to expensive instruments! These are the key tutorials for the main concepts used in this project: MiniDexed Raspberry Pi IO Board If you are … Continue reading RPi Dual MiniDexed PCB – Part 2 →

RPi Dual MiniDexed PCB Design

I've been experimenting with various options for getting 16 tone generators running with MiniDexed and one of the options is running two MiniDexed setups side by side. I have a fork of MiniDexed that will allow one MiniDexed UI to control the 8 tone generators of a second MiniDexed over MIDI, but I'll come back … Continue reading RPi Dual MiniDexed PCB Design →