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Materials Required
Makey Makey --- The star of the show! The kit should already include:
Mini-USB Cable
Alligator Clip Cables
Tinned Tipped Wires
A computer (Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux) with an Available USB Slot
Software to Read Key Presses (e.g., Canabalt, Virtual Piano, Tetris, etc.)
Button Material (e.g., fruit, Play-Doh, tin foil, copper tape, pencil, a friend)
A Primed Imagination
Suggested Reading
What is the Makey Makey?
The Makey Makey is a collaborative project between Jay Silver and Eric Rosenbaum of the MIT Media Lab and
SparkFun Electronics. It's an invention kit that encourages people to find creative ways to interact with their
computers by using everyday objects as a replacement for keyboards and mice. With the Makey Makey, you could
replace your space key with a banana, use Play-Doh to move and click your mouse, or high-five your best friend to
advance PowerPoint slides.
Hardware Overview
Top Side
The Makey Makey is a two-sided circuit board. On the more simple top side, the Makey Makey has six inputs: the
up/down/left/right arrow keys, as well as the space bar and mouse left click:
What is a Circuit?
Every electrical project starts with a circuit. Don't know
what a circuit is? We're here to help.
Voltage, Current, Resistance, and Ohm's Law
Learn about Ohm's Law, one of the most fundamental
equations in all electrical engineering.