• 05Oct

  USB + External Implementation

  Progress Update

  In the last few weeks, this is what’s been done -

  1) USB functionality is coming along.  Right now, the guitar will connect to a computer (and hopefully a Playstation 3..) and register button presses, but it has a problem with randomly disconnecting.  This may be cause by electromagnetic interference, but may be a problem with the AVR chip itself. If that’s the case, things get more and more difficult to fix.

  2) Proof of concept for an external version.  By externally attaching wires with adhesive, the guitar doesn’t have to be built into the guitar body itself anymore.  This means that it will be possible to make a version that simply clips on to the outside of an existing guitar.   Which means we can start making kits and products that don’t cost like $200.  Cool!

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  Posted by Alan Chatham @ 10:59 pm

One Response

• Polprav Says:
  October 16th, 2009 at 7:54 am

  Hello from Russia!
  Can I quote a post in your blog with the link to you?