Adding hardware media controller to your PC

Posted on October 26, 2014 by R-B Leave a comment |

Keyboards with extra keys for quick multimedia control are a handy shortcut for geeks who love to listen to music while working on their computers. However, not all keyboards contain those extra keys. The Peng Multimedia Controller project is a DIY USB hardware device that provides shortcut keys for easy media control. It supports the basic media control features such as Next/Previous, Play/Pause and volume control. The project uses Atmega8 microcontroller which communicates with the PC through a software-only implementation of USB using V-USB. While push switches are used for Play/Pause and Next/Previous functions, a linear potentiometer is used for volume control. The casing for the project is custom-designed using 3-D printer.