# makey makey [![image.png](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/scaled-1680-/4Gzimage.png)](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/4Gzimage.png) Design your own controller with everyday materials like foil, velostat, playdough, graphite pencils, water or any other conductive material. Lots of info and examples on their own site: [https://makeymakey.com](https://makeymakey.com/?srsltid=AfmBOor8QQ0XWqSGSyaXvThUDqhbedY00u9VOwOYxnSCHBije5zGt233 "makey") No need to install drivers , makey makey is plug and play. Attach it through usb to your computer, close a circle of conduction bij connecting 'ground' and 'another trigger' & it shows up to be an external keyboard. Read the signal in an app like wordpad/texteditor to make sure you have the right connection. In data flow software (like Isadora & touchdesigner) the makey is read through nodes like a 'keyboard In watcher' or 'KeyBoardIn' Remember to always playtest your setup, as using a keyboard as input may also lead to unexpected/unwished results (like you interface being all over the place :) Also see this page: [aan-de-slag-met-makey-makey](https://bookstack.hku.nl/books/tech-cases/page/aan-de-slag-met-makey-makey) [Makeys are remapabble](https://makeymakey.com/blogs/how-to-instructions/remap-makey-makey-for-makey-max-backpack?_pos=1&_sid=1faa68653&_ss=r) ! Borrow Makey from the uitleen at IBB of PASTOE or the [Blackbox @ JK](https://reserveren.hku.nl/#search/1/makey) Or in a [tech case](https://bookstack.hku.nl/books/tech-cases)! see [ipac](https://bookstack.hku.nl/books/sensors/page/ipac "ipac") for a makey on steroids