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two > one

two devices to one host switch in eurorack format
can be used to switch between grid / keyboard, or grid / arc
(could likely be used with other devices but these are the 2 combos i tested specifically)

provides power to the currently selected device
can be powered from eurorack or from a USB power supply

make sure to provide enough power - grids can draw up to 600mA!
also make sure to not connect both euro and USB power at the same time

4hp, very shallow

a limited number of 1u faceplates will also be available,
compatible with both intellijel and pulp logic 1u formats (22hp)

price and availability:

module - US$60
1u faceplate - US$10

this includes shipping within Canada and US, international shipping is $10
still a few available, if you’d like one send me a message.

huge thanks to @MengQiMusic for making this possible!
i never thought i’d ever get to release a module…

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#2

Excellent! A couple questions:

  1. Is that a USB-A jack underneath the panel near the module top? If so, what for?
  2. I realize this is probably mostly aimed at Grid sharing, but: could this be used to switch a (typing) keyboard between Teletype and a computer? Monome Switch does not do this properly.
    2a. Actually maybe that’s a bad assumption. Could this be used to share a Grid to two hosts?

Actually 3. Do you ever sleep?

Congrats on the release!

#3

this is great

out of curiosity, are there plans for a one>two that replaces that classic switch functionality? perhaps that’s less helpful now that ansible and teletype do so much in the eurorack space, but I’d I still think it makes sense in some use cases (swapping between ansible/teletype and norns, perhaps).

again, awesome work. love that it’s easily adaptable from 3u to 1u.

#4

thank you!

there are 4 USB ports: two USB-A for devices, one USB-B for host, and one USB-B to connect an external USB power supply (if you prefer to use that instead of eurorack power).

for your use case it won’t work - what you need is a 1 device to 2 hosts switch. even if you could use two > one that way (with USB adapters) it still won’t work as the host port doesn’t get power.

re: sleep - as a light sleeper believe me i value good sleep very highly! (especially after only getting 2 hours last night…)

no plans here i’m afraid. it would also be cool to have a two devices to two hosts switch.

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#5

Thanks for the USB-B clarification, sounds like I can use this “out-of-rack” if i’m out of hp space!

#6

exactly! (just make sure you put it into an enclosure of some sort).
i should mention - one of the things i tested was powering it from an intellijel 1u usb module.

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#7

Now the dilemma figuring out if I were to want/need to use the rear USB-B to power things, what module it can sit next to that would allow the intruding USB cable to move into its space.

#8

Or if someone with some 3d printing chops can draft up a cool external enclosure!

#9

For that side of things, I wound up getting a Logitech K780 keyboard. It can switch between 3 different devices smoothly and instantly, via both Bluetooth and Logitech Unifying dongles (which work fine with Teletype).

#10

added to modulargrid:


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#11

Does this use a standard 10 -> 16 pin cable, one of the full size 16 -> 16 pin, or something else?

#12

it uses the full size 16-16 pin cable (included) as it needs +5V (which means you will also need a power supply that provides +5V power - i should test it with something like mutable volts).

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#13

I assume the answer is no, but if you’re currently getting noise from a grid, does this do anything to reduce noise if powering from the modular PS?

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#14

I was also wondering this

#15

we didn’t do anything specifically to address the noise issue, so i imagine it’ll be similar to existing setups - if you power it from the same euro busboard and you had noise before you’ll likely get noise with two>one (and if you were able to reduce noise by powering externally it should be the case with two>one powered from the same power supply).

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#16

thank you for the info!

#17

so if I understand correctly this can sit outside my case being powered by usb. so I would need a 5v usb power supply, or could I just power it from my laptop?

#18

yeah you can power it from a laptop or any usb power supply assuming it provides enough power.

#19

apologies, this is taking longer than anticipated, figuring out last minute shipping details. expecting it to be ready mid or late next week, will post an advance notice here.

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#20

Looking forward to this! :slight_smile:

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