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Arduino-Based Open-Source Transport Controller for DAWs and DVWs

victor-frostVictor Frost 11/03/2014 at 20:232 Comments

So, I've been using this little gadget for about a month now with no changes in the code and it's proven pretty useful. It works 100% as intended and, even when it's not plugged in, I find myself unconsciously reaching for it when editing. I think that is a great sign. The wiring is still a mess and I've yet to make a proper enclosure for it, but I think I'll do that after the holidays when I have the time to get my hands on some wood and craft the case.

There is a hiccup I've been noticing, though. For no apparent reason, it will sometimes refuse to send any signals and won't go back to work until it's been reflashed. This only happens after a powercycle and I can't willfully reproduce it. I'm sure the problem is in my coding, but I don't know where since it compiles just fine. I'll have to ask someone to look over the code and see where the problem lies. *shrug*

The next step is to make the menu system and finally put that top encoder to use. I may also use the button on the bottom encoder to set a multiplier for scrubbing speed.

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niksgarage wrote 11/04/2014 at 12:50 point
Hi, I had a similar problem with one particular Leonardo board - sometimes it would refuse to boot successfully until I reflashed it. The issue disappeared after an upgrade to the IDE to 1.5.6 - and there is a lot of traffic in the fora about people resolving the issue by changing the bootloader. Worth some investigation if it really troubles you.

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Victor Frost wrote 08/30/2015 at 10:05 point

Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out!

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