This board was made as an interface board which can be programmed to control almost anything. On the board, there are 16 buttons which 8 of which&nbsp;are encoders. Each button has 2 LED. The outputs can be to&nbsp;an LCD&nbsp;and control board. The control board is how the interface board interest with the world. A MIDI control board can make the interface board&nbsp;into&nbsp;a musical instrument and a keyboard control board can make it into a custom keyboard. The control board can have 2 buttons with 4 LED on each or 1 encoder with 2 LED. These controls control the interface, making the board have 16 inputs (8 encoders and 16 buttons) but 1-16 different configuration. The will give 256 different inputs (256 buttons and 128 encodes) which only 16 shown.
<h4>hardware&nbsp;specifications</h4>
<ul>
 	<li>ATMEGA2560</li>
 	<li>8 push buttons</li>
 	<li>8 encoders</li>
 	<li>32 LEDs</li>
</ul>
<h4>software specifications</h4>
<ul>
 	<li>Arduino platform</li>
</ul>
<h4>Inputs and outputs&nbsp;specifications</h4>
<ul>
 	<li>LCD</li>
 	<li>Data in and out</li>
 	<li>button, encoders and/or LEDs</li>
</ul>
<h4>Control boards</h4>
MIDI: This board turns the interface into a MIDI&nbsp;musical&nbsp;instrument.

2.4GHz Wireless: This board turns the interface into a wireless device.

Bluetooth: This board turns the interface into a wireless Bluetooth device.

DMX: This board turns the interface to control different lights.

Keyboard:&nbsp;This board turns the interface into a custom keyboard.

serial/Programer: This can program the board and have USB serial input/output.
<h4>Further development</h4>
<ul>
 	<li>Fully programmable.</li>
 	<li>Programmable names.</li>
 	<li>SD to save and load data.</li>
 	<li>Quick and easy replacement of the control board</li>
 	<li>RGB LEDs</li>
</ul>

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Universal interface board V1