DD_Crash Posted May 12, 2023 Posted May 12, 2023 I bought the wrong Arduino, so I would like to use this Mega R3 2560 Plus board for a button box. I am building a helicopter collective using a Leonardo and am getting to grips with using sketch samples. My Mega board wasnt recognised, as the driver wasnt installed with the Arduino 2.0 IDE so I had to find and install it manually. Is it possible to use this board in a button box? It has lots of digital pins.
GO63 Posted May 12, 2023 Posted May 12, 2023 In Arduino IDE 1.8.9 this board is listed as "Arduino Mega (Mega 2556)", CPU "ATmega2560 (Mega2560)"
DD_Crash Posted May 13, 2023 Author Posted May 13, 2023 Thanks, I will try that later this is the actual board. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09C1S4TW8?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details I bought it because it has lots of digital pins and the analogue input is easily identified.
GO63 Posted May 13, 2023 Posted May 13, 2023 I think real or Chinese, the difference is small. The board is good. Need to try.
Sokol1 Posted May 14, 2023 Posted May 14, 2023 (edited) Do you see this guide for install the Windows drivers? https://fs.keyestudio.com/KS0499 www.keyestudio.com https://wiki.keyestudio.com/Main_Page Edited May 14, 2023 by Sokol1
DD_Crash Posted May 14, 2023 Author Posted May 14, 2023 Thanks for the info guys.I have installed the driver. After I have sorted the Leonardo sketch and it runs OK for the collective project I will see what I can do with the Mega. I did read that Windows doesnt see the board as a HID compliant game controller so we will see.
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