Monday, November 6, 2017

Cheap Makey Makey alternative


The Makey Makey is a cool electronic gadget that lets kids make a USB controller out of any somewhat conductive stuff, like bananas, play dough, etc. Unfortunately, it's about $50 (there is also a $30 clone). Also, annoying, it requires a ground connection for the user. I made a capacitive version that costs about $3 using a $2 stm32f103c8 board. It emulates either a keyboard or a gamepad/joystick.

Here are instructions.

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