Hi guys,
sorry to hijack this old thread, but I've been working on my own version of a remote control for the MC624 and I didn't want to open a new thread.
When back then I came across this thread I was really impressed by Chad's work and wanted to try my own version of a remote control. I've been thinking about it for quite some time already, but I was always afraid of the programming stuff (it's just been too long, forgot most of it...), so you could say Chad's thread really helped me overcome that fear and give it a shot. So I started putting something together, fooling around with arduino etc. One and a half years later it is finally finished and I thought I leave some pics here and also, thanks Chad for the inspiration and code and so on, really helped a lot!
As you can see, I built a simpler version, just buttons and volume control (also with a pot, not an encoder). It connects to the MC624 through a standard USB cable, the MC624 is supplying the remote with 5V - had to change the 5V regulator in the MC624 for something bigger tho, but now it works perfectly. The controller used here is a Mega2560, same as Chad used, but I put together a small PCB for it, to fit everything into a Hammond case.
I guess that's it for now
Best regards,
Mathias
Edit: Had to put the images in here, had security issues with using the attachement function