The ShrimpKey is mentioned in the Dutch trend report of Waag Society about DIY and Making in Education. The ShrimpKey is one of the physical computing tools in this trend report, right next to the MaKey MaKey. Cool! *protected*

Jay Silver is the inventor of the MakeyMakey and therefore also the inventor of the concept of the MakeyMakey. I just found this TED-talk. It’s great watching and listening to him and especially at how he got the idea for the MakeyMakey. *protected*

A while ago I’ve made – for the Creative Computing Online Workshop - a Simon Game in Scratch 2.0. The Simon Game plays a tone and lights a button. The player has to press this button. If you’re did it right, you’ll hear the same tone again followed by a second tone. Now you must press…

When uploading the ShrimpKey-sketch to your ShrimpKey (see part 2 of the building instructions) you’ve got the opportunity to change the letters which your ShrimpKey can type. If you load the sketch in the Arduino IDE, the file settings.h is loaded also in a second tab. This file contains this part: You can see here that…

Your computer will see your ShrimpKey as a keyboard and so it will be typing letters. Connect (only at the marked places) a jumper wire to the connector. On the other side of the jumper wire you can attach everyday (conductive) objects. On the grounding-connectors you’ll also connect a wire (on the foto you will…

I just found this page. Fantastic! It would be even better to play this with a ShrimpKey and Scratch 2.0! Here you can see my Scratch-Project and my son playing it with a ShrimpKey. Play fullscreen *protected*

Because you’ve made the ShrimpKey yourself, there’s the possibility that it doesn’t work the first time. On this page you can find a couple of problems and some hints to solve them. I hope this will help you finding out what went wrong. When uploading the ShrimpKey-sketch, disconnect the ShrimpKey-shield first. Maybe you’ve made an…

Grab the other half of the stripboard (the one of 17 holes width). Download the PDF with the design (also in black-and-white for printing). This is the top side (the non-copper side) of the Shrimp-shield. Almost all components are placed here and you solder them at the bottom side (the copper side). I will mention some…

Start with cutting/sawing the stripboard at the 18th row of holes (from the left). You can do this with the hacksaw. It will be easier with a Dremel with a large grinding wheel attached. Now you have two parts: one with a width of 17 holes; this one is for the ShrimpKey-shield, please put it…

Read here how to make your own MakeyMakey (well…. your own ShrimpKey). With a ShrimpKey you can make your own keyboard with everyday objects. Connect i.e. a couple of bananas to the ShrimpKey and the bananas are the keys of your keyboard. Then connect your ShrimpKey to your computer with a USB-cable (no need to…