HoodLoader2
16u2 Bootloader to reprogram 16u2 + 328/2560 with Arduino IDE (by NicoHood)
HID
Bring enhanced HID functions to your Arduino! (by NicoHood)
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| 695 | 2,289 | |
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| 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| over 2 years ago | about 1 month ago | |
| C | C | |
| - | MIT License |
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Posts with mentions or reviews of HoodLoader2.
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Using Arduino Joystick with DCS
The Mega2560 like the Uno has a second MCU that does the USB-Serial stuff, an atmega16u2. You can flash this one to show up as a USB HID device instead of serial through Hoodloader (https://github.com/NicoHood/HoodLoader2).
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Need help with FastLED and Corsair lighting protocol
The library is compatible with all boards using the MCU ATmega32U4. This includes Arduino Leonardo, SparkFun Pro Micro, Arduino Micro, and Adafruit 32u4 AVR Boards. It also supports the Arduino Uno and Arduino Mega, but this requires the HoodLoader2 bootloader, see this wiki for more details.
- arduino uno
- Can i use this arduino as a pc/laptop keyboard? Its for osu(a rhythm game) and majority of osu gamers who makes custom clickers for it uses arduino leonardo because it has usb support but im wondering if i can use the uno as a keyboard since it uses the ch340 chip and i just hook some buttons on it
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Rubber Ducky using Arduino Uno or Nano
hoodLoader2 might help you out. I've no experience with it though.
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Leonardo vs. Uno: which one should I buy?
You should buy a Leonardo if you want to do USB projects, the Uno can do that stuff too - it has a small microcontroller (16u2) that's a cut down version of the one on the Leo (32u4) that handles the USB to serial conversion required for a PC to communicate with the main microcontroller (328P) on an Uno, the 16u2 can be reprogrammed to make the board appear to be anything - but it's harder to achieve for beginners. If you're interested in reading more, take a look at https://github.com/NicoHood/HoodLoader2, but if you just want to do keyboard and mouse stuff quickly with all "off the shelf" hardware and software (and the community support that entails) the Leo is definitely your best bet.
HID
Posts with mentions or reviews of HID.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-21.
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Trying to use a Leonardo as a switching device for my KVM. Nothing happens when I plug the USB into the KVM's keyboard port.
I don't think the built-in keyboard library identifies itself as "boot capable" in the HID descriptor, which is necessary for simpler keyboard devices. Try using NicoHood's HID library with the "BootKeyboard" object.
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I made my own keydeck! So happy with it, the multimedia keys and encoder are so useful!
Looks great! How did you handle the programming? Did you follow a guide, or did you implement the Arduino HID Project library?
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Can I send data to my computer to programmatically control the mouse using an esp8266?
Skip the esp then and pick up any dev board supported by the HID project.
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After some help from the kind people of this subreddit I managed to get my first project working with some workarounds! (vJoySerialFeeder was the solution)
You can make it act like a HID - which is what I assume many people have done - with custom drivers like this one. https://github.com/NicoHood/HID
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Making an DIY gaming wheel
You can use Arduino HID Project which allows to reprogram atmega16u2 which performs USB communications on Uno. Then you can upload HID sketch on 16u2 and "normal" code on atmega328 which would do everything and send desired wheel state via serial. On 16u2 side you will parse that serial command from 328 and translate it into HID message
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HID - LED status lights beyond 0x07
I'm trying to grab the "microphone muted" LED status from the HID library, but it seems like the library only supports a select few statuses out of the box: https://github.com/NicoHood/HID/issues/151
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How to use an Arduino uno clone as HID?
https://github.com/NicoHood/HID for a real UNO
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Little brother saw me upgrading and cleaning my laptop, bough me a kit. (help in description)
Nano (atmega328) doesnt have native USB support (just a USB to UART converter). UNO also doesnt have native USB support, but has a atmega16U2 on board. You can flash this chip and build a USB HID bridge -> https://github.com/NicoHood/HID/
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Help from Masters of the HID (ATMega32u4) and ChromeOS?
Try using NicoHood's HID project and the system key page: https://github.com/NicoHood/HID/blob/master/examples/System/System.ino
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What are some alternatives?
When comparing HoodLoader2 and HID you can also consider the following projects:
micronucleus - ATTiny usb bootloader with a strong emphasis on bootloader compactness.
deej - Set app volumes with real sliders! deej is an Arduino & Go project to let you build your own hardware mixer for Windows and Linux
USBMidiKliK4x4 - UMK4x4 - 4-16 in/out and 3-15 IN/3OUT USB MIDI interface for STM32F103 series board
UnoJoy - UnoJoy! allows you to easily turn an Arduino Uno (or Mega or Leonardo) into a PS3-compatible USB game controller
USBMidiKliK - A robust USB MIDI Arduino firmware, with a dual bootloader, based on the LUFA library
arduino-atmega16u2 - Arduino ATmega16U2 USB chip firmware for DFU and USB Serial
toaruos - A completely-from-scratch hobby operating system: bootloader, kernel, drivers, C library, and userspace including a composited graphical UI, dynamic linker, syntax-highlighting text editor, network stack, etc.
mbed-os - Arm Mbed OS is a platform operating system designed for the internet of things
PongoOS - pongoOS
espusb - Software-only ESP8266 USB Device
qmk_firmware - Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families