Published On Jul 5, 2015
This will eventually be mounted on the center console of my car and hooked into the PC to control music and GPS navigation. Hardware wise, it's a Teensy 2.0 microcontroller hooked up to a few buttons purchased from Aliexpress in a plastic project box.
On the PC side, I have the physical media controls and knobs translated into commands using AutoHotkey so I can change what they do based on the open application. For example, in Winamp, I'll have the scroll knob press the up and down arrows. In a web browser (Which I use for Google Play Music), a mouse scroll wheel is emulated.
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