So, [Max] created an Arduino rig to do the same thing. The Arduino uses a shift register to interact with the keyboard’s 8×10 matrix, and the sketch translates any serial data it receives into ...

To make that actually work, Robofun paired an Arduino board with some capacitive controllers for the base, and connected that to a Raspberry Pi that linked the keyboard to the TV.

The Arduino, Bluetooth module (check your specs, some HC-05, and HC-06 may come on a breakout board expecting 5V), and USB Host shield all run off of 3.3V, but devices you want to plug into the ...

The keyboard, which he is calling z.48, is based around the Arduino Pro Micro running a firmware generated on kbfirmware.com, and features some absolutely fantastic hand-wiring.

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These kinds of Arduino control extensions are fairly common and we’ve seen a few before, but this one is a bit different thanks to a guide that van den Heuvel published so you can make your own.

Arduino’s $87 Plug and Make Kit comes with all the parts needed to build seven different IoT devices, including a weather indicator and a game controller. Electronics 101.