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Can someone share the EOS Library, http://www.gadrocsworkshop.com/ isnt up I get a 404 error and cant seem to find the library anywhere else. Please and Thank you.

Have I got the right Idea on how this works? Especialy with the on-off-on toggle. i figured an on-Off toggle would be similar to a button. just did a kinda 4x4 matrix. since I didnt want to spend time making a 16x16 if I was doing something incorrect.

I think I answered my own quesiton going through the posts again. makes sense that a button matrix would be the point to get all the available 256 inputs. But before I spend all that time soldering I am going to work up a fritzing example to make sure I have my head around how to build this matirx correctly using the diagram someone posted in the first few pages. I am not so good at diagrams I am a much more visual person. Again Thanks for everyones responses It is VERY much appreciated.

Thanks for everyone's Help, SOOO I found out my problem all along was this mega didnt have DFU MODE. So I used Hoodloader2 which has an installation sketch to be able to write hex files. I used this to the write, and make sure DFU mode was possible. Once I did this, and plugged the mega in it then showed up in device manager under atmel and device was 16u2. thus getting rid of my error in FLIP. and thus being able to write that hex file!!! and ill be damned if now I dont have a cvp joystick in my devices!!! one other question tho is that when I checked the controller in devices and printers. one of the 2 joysticks has a bunch of buttons and axis' that are showing being hit/moved. I have nothing hooked up to the mega right now...any ideas? is it only meant to be used with a Button Matrix? looking at the arduino code. it shows pins 22-37 as outputs and 38-54 as inputs.

Well, No Luck with win 7 either. At this point I am just going to purchase another Mega. I have no problem with having more arduinos, and just gonna try with a fresh board, its the only thing I havent tried, I would try with a uno but dont have unos, I got nanos thru the roof but that contains different chip. So hopefully a nice fresh mega 2560 r3 will get me there, I jsut want to avoid having to use multiple leonardo/micros for my panels.

Sorry That is the same directory as I have it(must have missed that, was rather frustrated yesterday tryin to get it to work), I will whip up win 7 on a machine and try it and ill make it win 7 32 bit to even better my chances.. I did try to run it in compatibility mode but that didnt help.

I really Hope someone can help me out here, I have been trying to get past the atmel flip part of uploading the hex file. I have the mega entering in DFU mode, after resetting the two pins it comes up as another USB device in device manager. But when I try to flash with the atmel FLIP tool I get a "AtLibUsbDFU.dll" error. I have tried to install the driver @"C:\Program Files(x86)\Atmel\usb\atmel_usb_dfu.inf" but I receive an error that "the folder you specified doesnt contain a compatible software driver for your device. make sure its designed to work with Windows for x64 based systems" I have tried using avrdude as well but cant seem to get the command right. I have also tried to use another arduino as ISP, but had no luck getting that to work. I also tried to follow a tutorial to flash the stock firmware to ensure that i had DFU mode on the 16u2 but this did not work either. arduino forum tutorial. i figured if i could get that to work then maybe i could get the hex file loaded for this. But of course no luck. I am completely stuck and banging my head against my desk. I have taken some screenshots, If anymore are needed please let me know id be happy to try anything at this point. before reseting pin to go into DFU mode after restting the pins to put in dfu mode once "i think its dfu mode" trying to use atmel flip this is the eroor when i try to solve the error in atmel and install the driver for the mega