*BUILD LOG* 'CDJ 2000'-style DIY Traktor controller

**oskars** · 12-09-2010, 09:44 AM

Naah... well... yes... Some problems in JunXion with the hatswitch. And Arduino seems more reliable and gives more to play with... I will post my adventures later

**tekki** · 12-10-2010, 06:22 AM

Cool!

**MiL0** · 12-10-2010, 01:12 PM

Originally Posted by jdog667jkt

how's this going?

it's on hold until the new year - currently saving up for a holiday in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Bangkok... going in a few weeks (for about a month).

once I get back I'll have some more money and should be able to finish it... I don't want this project to become another one of those half-started, never finished ideas that you sometimes see on here (was on two minds about even starting this thread)... it will almost certainly get finished!

oskars - very interesting... you have the know how to program the arduino?

**tekki** · 12-11-2010, 04:34 AM

First things first amigo!

**etch** · 12-11-2010, 09:04 PM

awesome project, looking forwards to seeing a unit in existance!

let us know how the arudino + MUX shield combo treats you, somehting ive been looking at playing with for a while,

**safefire** · 12-14-2010, 01:09 PM

This looks incredible, Milo

(And hello to you, DJTT community!)

I've actually been working on something similar, albeit without the touchscreen.
I'm also going the Arduino route, as I think it will offer some quite handy features (hardware based mapping, complex behavior etc).

If you want to bounce some ideas around about Arduino's or whatever, drop me a pm

Looking excitedly forward to an update, keep up the good work!

**etch** · 12-28-2010, 11:50 AM

hows it going?

Originally Posted by safefire

I'm also going the Arduino route, as I think it will offer some quite handy features (hardware based mapping, complex behavior etc).

If you want to bounce some ideas around about Arduino's or whatever, drop me a pm

and im going for it aswell! it arrived just before xmas

build log will be starting up shortly, Arduino is definintely the way forward!

**MiL0** · 12-28-2010, 11:56 AM

as I mentioned earlier, project is on hold until the end of January (when I get back from Hong Kong / Thailand). I'm ordering the Arduino and Mux shield - hoping that I can use it as the 'brain' for this project, but if not I'll go with the xbox joypads.

also, found some Samsung U70's for a really decent price:

http://www.orangeaccessories.co.uk/a...87&pkg=5930887

just waiting for them to come back in stock.

**safefire** · 12-28-2010, 12:45 PM

Sounds good.
I looked around at some other monitors, particularly 10", and found these to be pretty nice.

http://www.mimomonitors.com/

I hope I can take the shell off and just use the hardware, as that would save me a good bit of space.

**MiL0** · 01-22-2011, 05:47 AM

Just on my way back from Thailand/HK and got a 6 hour wait in Doha, Qatar. Had a little look around the duty free here and found this really nice 8" LG Photoframe for US$80. Whilst I'm waiting for my connecting flight I had to quickly power it up and see if it works

The good points are that it's really sleek, doesn't have a massive frame and has very good viewing angles as well as being very bright. The bad points are that it has a noticeably lower refresh rate than a standard VGA monitor. There's a bit of latency but that doesn't bother me, it's more like the screen isn't refreshing at 50/60hz. It's not too bad, only noticeable when you compare it to my laptop screen so hopefully it won't be an issue. Shame the shop only had 1 in stock otherwise I probably would have bought two!

The best news is that my Clone tool works perfectly on it! Now I just need to order the Arduino