Hello all !!!
So I am just starting to design my box.
What I want is:
56 encoders with led rings
8 Faders
24 buttons
24 more leds
So from what I know I’ll need:
4 x DIN for encoders
1 x DIN for buttons
4 x DOUT for led rings
1 x DOUT for leds
1 x AIN for faders
Well I guess 1 single core module is not enough
to handle all those stuff. So I should think about 2
cores.
Maybe I am completly wrong about this.
Anyway if you guys could put me on track.
Thx in advance 
Hi Kyo,
yes, you have to use two core modules for this setup, but it will work 
I would use one single core, 4xDINX4, 4xDOUTX4 as “MIDIbox Link Forwarding Point” (at the begining of the MIDI chain) only for the encoders and LED rings, and a second core as “MIDIbox Link Endpoint” for the rest.
An AIN module is not required, since MIOS supports also unmuxed (non-multiplexed) access to the ADC. The appr. configuration has to be made in the initialization routine:
;; initialize the AIN driver
;; use 8 faders
movlw 8
call MIOS_AIN_NumberSet
;; don't use the AIN 4051 multiplexers
call MIOS_AIN_UnMuxed
I will provide a test application for 64 encoders and LED rings in the next days.
Best Regards, Thorsten.
Thanks for your reply Thorsten !
Just one more question.
Since the AIN is not needed anymore where
do you connect the faders ? 
Oh I just read your intro on MIOS and you
wrote that a single core stuffed with PIC18F
can handle:
128 digital outputs
128 digital input/64 encoders.
64 analog inputs.
Do I still need 2 cores with PIC18F ?
Thx.
Hi Kyo,
every encoder allocates 2 digital inputs, with 56 rotary encoders you could only add 16 additional buttons
Ok, alternatively you could plug some buttons to the analog pins, but this would require a AIN module (since more than 8 analog inputs are needed for this solution)
Best Regards, Thorsten.