Hey, those are pretty cool cases!

.... but what are you going to do about wire-to-board connections? How many
times are you going to kick your guitar petal before your wires fail?
That's what I always stress about... Here's one idea:

http://dorkbotpdx.org/blog/hydronics/strain_relief



On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 9:55 PM, Jason Plumb <[email protected]> wrote:

> While we totally dig the Teensy as a platform, I think mounting options
> are definitely one of its weak points.  There are no mounting holes
> (presumably because half the users stick it in a breadboard anyway, but
> also I imagine to cut down on board size and cost)..and this basically
> necessitates mounting the teensy to another pcb or something clever.
>
> Check out this thread:
> http://forum.pjrc.com/threads/25115-How-are-you-Mounting-Teensy-3-3-1
>
> That clip is pretty sweet.  Got me wondering if other folks have printed
> teensy enclosures, and sure enough...they have.
>
> http://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=teensy
>
> Maybe use one of those bumpers so you can screw it down?
>
> In any case (see what I did there?), I bet you have a ton of room inside
> the analog footswitch itself...have you considered mounting inside there?
>
> -jason
>
>
> On 11/30/2014 08:29 PM, Mykle Hansen wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I need a dead-simple midi footswitch for my v-drums, but I can't find one
>> cheaper than $80 online!  Since I have an old 1/4" analog footswitch just
>> lying
>> around, it seems a no-brainer half-hour project to connect a $20 teensy
>> to a 1/4"
>> female jack, use the USB->MIDI feature of Teensyduino to load a simple
>> sketch
>> and turn my footswitch into a 1-note USB/MIDI keyboard, and spend the $60
>> I
>> saved on rock & roll things like … um … extra sticks, or something.
>> Right?
>>
>> The only thing I'm not sure of is what case to put it in.  An altoids tin
>> seems like a vast waste of space.  Ideally I'd find some small, rugged
>> plastic or metal cylinder not much bigger than the teensy itself, with
>> the teensy's USB port on one end and the 1/4" jack on the other, so
>> the whole thing resembled a wart on a cord.
>>
>> What are your favorite cases for teensy projects where tinyness is golden?
>>
>> -mykle-
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