[sdiy] Radio Controlled Synth ?

[Needham, Alan]

Quote from http://www.castiglioneaccordions.com/midiaccordions.html
"Radio Midi
For use with all MIDI Interfaces to enable 'no cables'
freedom of movement. Small size Transmitter/Receiver
units Transmitter
Operates on VHF Frequency Band from 170 to 210 Mhz"


Either I have missed the train again or we are on totally different
platforms (not impossible!)
I reckon a microcontroller could read a single RC servo signal and
output a proportional voltage, connecting directly to the receiver's
servo socket and cost less than £20 all-in (excluding RC transmitter
/receiver gear). Maybe six servos could be translated by a single
microcontroller for little extra cost.
I see no reason for it costing more than the MIDIBox core module
http://www.ucapps.de/index.html?page=mbhp_core.html or being much
more complex, an 8 or 10 bit DAC, maybe a S&H bank, a smaller uC ?

Where/how did MIDI sneak into the subject?

	Alan



# -----Original Message-----
# From: Fernando de Izuzquiza [mailto:listas at fdi.jazztel.es]
# Sent: 10 July 2007 3:42 PM
# To: Richard Wentk
# Cc: Tom Wiltshire; Needham, Alan; synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
# Subject: Re: [sdiy] Radio Controlled Synth ?
#
# > It would be a lot simpler to use a radio-MIDI link and a MIDI CV box.
# >
# > Quite possibly cheaper too.
# >
# > Richard
#
# That's why I suggested the iCubeX radio module

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