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Read moreYet another incarnation of gaming controllers with Atmega32u4 based DF Robot Beetle board. This one has 7 illuminated LED tactile buttons in 4 different colors. It also has a safety button to enable/disable the keyboard emulation.
DemonstrationHardware- DF Robot Beetle (which is a mini size Arduino Leonardo)
- LED tactile buttons
- FR4 protoborad
1 / 3 • Hardware
1 / 2 • Solder Everything according to the schematic
- Open Arduino IDE and select Tools > Board > Arduino Leonardo
- Copy the attached code below to the IDE
- Connect the board to computer with a USB cable
- Compile and upload the code
If you need more buttons, you can add 4 more (total 11) buttons on Beetle board by using the SPI and UART pads on the bottom. Those can be used as GPIO inputs if needed.
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