{"id":176,"date":"2011-04-05T16:09:23","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T00:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colorsynth.com\/?p=176"},"modified":"2011-04-10T08:51:47","modified_gmt":"2011-04-10T16:51:47","slug":"building-a-power-and-midi-distributor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colorsynth.com\/building-a-power-and-midi-distributor\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a Power and MIDI Distributor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a great how-to on converting a standard computer ATX power supply into a desk power supply:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Convert-a-Computer-ATX-Power-Supply-to-a-Lab-Power-Supply\">http:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Convert-a-Computer-ATX-Power-Supply-to-a-Lab-Power-Supply<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ColorSynth v1.0 PCB can be used to make a 1 in, 12 out MIDI thru device:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colorsynth.com\/images\/DIY\/CSDistro\/CS%20Distro%20v1.0.png\" width=721 height=543><br \/>\nDetailed instructions on assembly and firmware for 16F88 coming soon.<\/p>\n<p>After removing the excess cabling, it is possible to house the MIDI thru device inside of a converted ATX power supply.  You can also install several panel mount 5-pin din MIDI connectors into the chassis with one as an input, and the rest as outputs.<\/p>\n<p>Key points:<\/p>\n<p>1) Only use the 12V rail of the ATX PSU.  Wire it to the DC+ pin of JP1 on the CS v1.0 PCB (use the pin next to the n\/c pin), and also wire it to pin 3 of each MIDI out.<br \/>\n2) Wire ground to the GND pin of JP1 on the CS v1.0 PCB, and also wire it to pin 1 of each MIDI out.<br \/>\n3) Wire pin 4 of your MIDI in to pin 3 of JP2 on the CS v1.0 PCB.<br \/>\n4) Wire pin 5 of your MIDI in to pin 4 of JP2 on the CS v1.0 PCB.<br \/>\n5) Wire pin 1 of MIDI-OUT-1 (see schematic above) to pin 4 of your first MIDI out.  Wire pin 2 of MIDI-OUT-1 to pin 5 of the same MIDI out.<br \/>\n6) Repeat step 5 as needed, using one MIDI-OUT from the MIDI thru device per MIDI out in your ATX PSU.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a great how-to on converting a standard computer ATX power supply into a desk power supply: http:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Convert-a-Computer-ATX-Power-Supply-to-a-Lab-Power-Supply The ColorSynth v1.0 PCB can be used to make a 1 in, 12 out MIDI thru device: Detailed instructions on assembly and firmware for 16F88 coming soon. After removing the excess cabling, it is possible to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colorsynth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colorsynth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colorsynth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colorsynth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colorsynth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.colorsynth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186,"href":"https:\/\/www.colorsynth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions\/186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colorsynth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colorsynth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colorsynth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}