#picotouch — Public Fediverse posts

In honor of me getting more #PicoTouch MIDI controller boards in stock at @tindie, here's a little 3d-printable slider case for it. The case protects the board (and the Pico) while still staying very thin. It's easy to print too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8tyhiod0QQ
https://www.printables.com/model/425326-picotouch-slidercase
https://www.tindie.com/products/todbot/picotouch-capsense-midi-keyboard-for-raspi-pico/
#RaspberryPiPico #CircuitPython #midicontroller

Thanks to hillexed in the Winterbloom Discord for inspiration to hack an audio output to my #PicoTouch board & play with it more in Arduino. I need to get my capsense Touch library working as well as `touchio` in CircuitPython, but it's getting there. And yay for dual core on the #rp2040!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcFlanttHV0
code: https://github.com/todbot/picotouch/tree/main/arduino/synthtest1
#RaspberryPiPico #MIDIcontroller #MozziSynth #synthesizer #synthdiy

Okay! I got my new “picotouch_grid” controller to be MUCH more responsive by using the #RaspberryPiPico’s PIO blocks to do touch sensing on the much higher-capacitance rows. It’s playable now! Columns are still using #CircutPython’s wonderful “touchio” library #rp2040 #MIDIController #PicoTouch

Working on something kinda griddy, kinda #PicoTouch, all in #CircuitPython of course. Another upcoming #MIDIController project!

I turned my #PicoTouch into a MIDI slider bank! In honor of getting more boards, my #RaspberryPiPico-powered #MIDIController has a new #CircuitPython sketch that makes it a bank of three sliders. Video demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Psw3PLqYS8
and the code: https://github.com/todbot/picotouch/blob/main/circuitpython/picotouch_midislider/code.py
Oh! and the #tindie link to get one if you like this idea: https://www.tindie.com/products/29236/

For anyone wondering how to solder a #RaspberryPiPico to their #PicoTouch #midi controller board, here's a quick video showing how I do it. Even if you have little soldering experience, it should be pretty quick. In the video, I don't even align the Pico very well (camera in the way) and it still came out working great!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW9LiOq3Dso

Repo updated w/ this vid too: https://github.com/todbot/picotouch

Lotsa #PicoTouch and #MacroPadSynthPlug orders sent out today! Thanks everyone who ordered! And thanks @hackster_io & @tindie for the posts bump! #tindie

A new version of my #PicoTouch capsense #MIDI controller PCB for the #RaspberryPiPico! Now it's black and comes pre-assembled with all the SMD resistors! Comes with an easy-to-edit #CircuitPython program if you want to customize it. Maybe for you it's a macropad instead of a MIDI controller? I really like having a super-thin (6mm!) controller to stick in my bag.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VkOs98ucw8
Buy it here: https://www.tindie.com/products/todbot/picotouch-capsense-midi-keyboard-for-raspi-pico/