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Hi, I'm currently working on a teensy based (game)controller, but i have some problems:
My projects just keeps spitting out random letters forever, whenever i push a button (the point is it should spit out one specific letter at a time).
I have tested my circut pretty well, and can't seem to find my flaw in there, but would you maybe take a look at me (relatively short) to see if the mistake is in there? http://pastebin.com/wjvQB2HT

or could multiple wires close together interfere with each other (sorry, i'm not a smart man..)

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try this:

Code:

void setup() {
 
  for(int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
  {
    pinMode(pins[i], INPUT);
   digitalWrite(pins[i], HIGH);
  }
}

The digialWrite enables a pull up resistor on the input. Without it the pin will be floating around picking up the local radio station or the neighbor's microwave oven.

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The digialWrite enables a pull up resistor on the input. Without it the pin will be floating around picking up the local radio station or the neighbor's microwave oven.

I'm already using a pull-down resistor, so there shouldn't be any problem there.

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When you say random letters, I take that to mean you're getting lots of output outside of the 4 values in the array which gave me an idea.  Does having

Code:

Keyboard.begin();

in setup() make a difference?  I don't have a Teensy nor Leonardo to test this with, so I created a small sketch that calls Serial.print without a Serial.begin call and found it compiled but didn't produce output either.

Stabbing blindly in the dark and hoping for the best,
Geoff

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In case you are not aware, the teensy boards have their own support forum at

http://forum.pjrc.com