Introduction to Minia
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[edit] Introduction
Minia is an Usb, plug n play & multiplatform device that allows the computer to comunicate with the external /physical world. Since it´s open hardware, you can customize it and use in many ways with different kind of sensors, with differents softwares and for different applications such Audio, video, measurement of phisical parameters, etc..
Minia comes with 6 analog inputs at 10 bit of resolution (1024 steps..)
Minia uses the Hid protocol, this is a high speed protocol that runs directly over USB so, no drivers needed for this device in any platform (linux, macosX, windows) and you will not have to deal with “comport” objects or serial port problems.
Hid has extremely low latency so the sensor response is immediate.
[edit] Examples of use
- You can built with it a footswitch controller with buttons and pedals.
- you can built with in a flight simulator controller (the original application..)
- you can built with it an ultra tiny midi controller with sensors
- you can build with it an interactive installation
- you can wear it and measure your movements
you can think in a complete different application..
[edit] Available Documentation
- The official site
- This wiki.
- An introduction video is available here.
- Blogs: BochoVJ
[edit] Buy a Minia
Contact info@minitronics.net or go here
[edit] Technical details
Minia is based on the Atmel's ATmega8 microcontroller ATmega8 It has 6 analog inputs and 4 digital inputs.
The board comes with a preloaded firmware that implements the HID protocol.
The pins are configured this way (starting from the top):
- the first two ones are not used
- the following 4 are digital inputs
- the 7th is the ground
- the 8th is the reference
- the following 6 are analog inputs, converted to 10 bits
