ARDUINOBOY HOST EDITION
Game Boy MIDI USB-C Host Adaptor • Available Now!
An updated version of the trash80 ArduinoBoy hardware with a USB-C host port to plug in and power a keyboard!
Connect a USB MIDI keyboard right to your Game Boy without a computer in-between. Or, connect it to a computer as a driver-free MIDI device. Good ol’ TRS MIDI jacks are here too. Classic DIN MIDI jacks will be part of the upcoming enclosure design.
It also fits perfectly in a GBA game case!
🔗 GitHub Link
July 24, 2026 UPDATE: First-gen PCB is available now! Soon there will be an enclosure with DIN MIDI ports as well. The next generation PCB has a slightly smaller DMG port and a pin polarity fix on both ports. Because of this, the first-run demo units have a couple bodge-wires and the DMG port has been shaved smaller slightly by hand.
Final release version is coming fall 2026! Stay tuned!
Contact me for a free first-run demo unit in exchange for a social media post or a video review I can share.
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