What is the Input Device?

The brains of the operation: MakeyMakey

The MakeyMakey is a circuit board specifically designed to be user-friendly and plug-and-play, meaning it requires no additional software or drivers to start using it immediately. The MakeyMakey board consists of four arrow key inputs, a spacebar, and a mouse click.

The Makey Makey circuit board is white with exposed electrical circuitry.

Adapting the input device

To make the MakeyMakey board toddler and clinic safe, our team adapted it. Each board is secured into an electronics housing for durability, and each keyboard connection is connected to a mono audio jack port to be easily compatible with any accessible switch.

The input device consists of a black rectangle with 6 audio jack ports on the top surface. Each audio jack port is labelled with a corresponding key stroke.

Build your own input device

The Input Device is the brains of the Switch Kit experience. The basic premise is to take the MakeyMakey - a commericially available board and make it switch-accessible and child-safe by placing it in a black box with mono audio jack ports. To create an input device requires a drill and soldering tools.