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MIDI Breakout Board

Designed by Ubld.It Electronics

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An adapter board to send and receive MIDI messages using your favorite microcontroller

The MIDI Breakout board is an easy way to connect a hardware MIDI device to an Arduino or microcontroller / embedded computer. Kit comes with choice of male or female header, or solder wires directly. There are mounting holes for a more permanent installation. 4 wires to hook up, power, ground, rx (MIDI in), and tx (MIDI out).

** This is a kit and requires soldering.

Specifications

MIDI IN and MIDI OUT
5V or 3.3V operation
Input is optically isolated

Kit Contents

MIDI Breakout PCB
Resistors, Diode
Male and Female header
Opto Isolator w/ socket
MIDI Jacks

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Grant

Well done but same shortcomings as the competition

Dec. 31, 2015 - MIDI Breakout Board

This board is well designed, the instructions are great and it arrived quickly. What I would really like to see in a MIDI Breakout Board is less of the "me too" sameness that so many of these have, and a little more of the "designed better" that this market really needs. I think this is a reasonable request and this designer could easily accomplish it. First it needs to have a buffered output. This is the way the official MIDI spec was written and I won't buy a MIDI Breakout Board again that doesn't have it. By the way, this is the third such board I have investigated. Second, it would not be hard to add optional MIDI activity LEDs. By adding a one 7414 and some high efficiency LEDs both tasks could be accomplished. I hope this designed takes my recommendations to heart. On the other hand, if you just want a minimal board, this will do the trick.