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A prototype is a preliminary model of something. Projects that offer physical products need to show backers documentation of a working prototype. This gallery features photos, videos, and other visual documentation that will give backers a sense of what’s been accomplished so far and what’s left to do. Though the development process can vary for each project, these are the stages we typically see:

What

A high quality audio output for the Raspberry Pi with plug and play buttons, knobs and LEDs so you can easily build prototypes and fully working audio projects.

Why

We make synths, samplers and other musical hardware based on the Raspberry Pi and figured out that a lot of our time was taken up soldering, de-soldering and re-soldering physical components to the GPIO pins.

And while we do love the Raspberry Pi, the built in audio output is not up to scratch when it comes to musical performance. This means that we have to use an external sound-card or HAT when making stuff. This also makes projects more bulky and getting to the GPIO pins a hassle.

To make things easier, we designed our own prototyping board - kviky -with a high quality audio out where we can assemble, disassemble and reassemble projects in multiple ways without picking up a soldering iron :)

kviky





The Kviky

Kviky is a High Quality Stereo Audio HAT with Pre-Soldered Molex Connectors and an assortment of Buttons, Knobs, Lights and Audio Connectors you can easily connect to your projects.

Key Features:

Fits on any 40 pin Raspberry Pi

Stereo Out

Up to 192 kHz

Up to 32 Bit Audio

112 dB SnR



2 Analogue Control Inputs

4 Button Inputs

1 On/Off Button Input with LED



1 Endless/Rotary Encoder Input



4 Single Colour LED Outputs

1 RGB LED Output

Custom Built Solderless Connections using Molex Connectors

Custom Drivers for Inputs and Outputs



Runs with Pure Data, Mopidy, Super Collider, and much more that we haven't tried yet :)

Buttons, Knobs and LEDs

How easy is it to reconfigure your kviky?

Watch this video and find out.

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The Components

Say it with Components

Kviky comes with a kit containing the items we use most when prototyping with the Raspberry Pi.

All fit on kviky using the Molex Connectors:

1 On/Off Button with built in LED

4 Arcade Buttons

2 Potentiometers

1 Rotary/Endless Encoder

4 Single Colour LEDs

1 RGB LED

2 1/4" Jack Outputs

2 RCA Outputs

1 Stereo 3.5mm Mini-Jack Output

Good to Know! You can mix and match all of the above and easily swap the Stereo Outputs to suit your current project's needs.

Choose Your Output

Software

We're making some walk throughs of how we use kviky with different software. For starters: Do you want a Play/Pause button for your KODI media player?

Follow the video below and have it up and running in under 10 mins!

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Click here for the kviky/Kodi code and read me.

How does kviky work with Pure Data? Watch this video!

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Future

When we hit our target, we will release kviky as an Open Source project - but more about that when the time comes ;)

Timeframe

Jan 2019 - Quickstarter Campaign

Feb 2019 - Parts are assembled

Mid March 2019 - Kits are tested and shipped

End March 2019 - You have received your kit and are happily making new projects :)

The Team

The Team

We are three friends that make music and musical instruments. We have years of experience making bespoke audio solutions for our own and other peoples projects.