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Those who learned to code on its frustrating lack of tactile feedback may be surprised to see an Arduino project presenting it as the perfect way to easily hook up a keyboard to an Arduino.

Isn’t it time for a full Arduino-compatible keyboard? [ELECTRONOOBS] thinks so. This 41-button Arduino keyboard PCB is a stepping stone to his next project, a pair of two-way texting machines.

The Gesture Keyboard is a device that translates gestures into letters. It’s made by an Arduino Pro Micro, an HC-06 module for Bluetooth communication, and an MPU-6050 accelerometer.

That’s what prompted Thomas van den Heuvel to make his own “keyboard extension” using a custom housing and an Arduino.

A good starting point is the Arduino Make Your UNO Kit, providing everything you need to build an Arduino Uno microcontroller from scratch and then use it to build your very own synthesizer.