README.md

StUPID - Standard Unified Primary Input Device

This project is created a a part of StUpiD hAcK 2021 by Junction.

Demo video: https://vimeo.com/546880885

Installation

npm install -g stupid-input

Usage

First connect your Novation Launchpad Mini MK3 to your computer and then run:

stupid-input

What do I have to press?

Mouse

Moving

The arrow buttons on the left side of the top row move the mouse a couple of pixels per press.

Clicking

Left click is the topmost button of the rightmost column. Right click is right below it.

Dragging

Below the right click button is the mouse drag button. If the light is on your mouse button is pressed and you can drag or select things.

Modifier keys

In the rightmost column from fourth until seventh are the modifier keys in this order from top:

1. alt
2. command
3. control
4. shift

They also toggle on press.

Choosing a mode

There are two modes (third one maybe coming), keyboard and fast mouse.

1. Fast mouse mode - top row, fifth button from left
2. Keyboard mode - top row, seventh button from left

Modes

Fast mouse mode

Press a white pad, and the cursor moves to that area of the screen

Keyboard mode

Draw a letter with the lights and press submit button (top row, rightmost button). You can reset your drawing with the reset button (bottom right corner).

Built with

• Nolux/Launchpadder for communicating with the device
• octalmage/robotjs for commanding the computer
• naptha/tesseract.js for identifying letters from a pixelated image
• oliver-moran/jimp for creating pixelated images from the launchpad pixel matrix

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

Authors

See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.

License

MIT