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title	My controller has morphed into R2-D2 and makes weird sounds and the Neopixel lights up like a Christmas tree.

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title	I cannot recognized my controller through Arduino IDE.

Is the board connected on the computer?
Are the most up-to-date CH340g drivers installed?
Have I tried connecting using all available COM Ports?
Have I setup my IDE to communicate with a Arduino Mega 2560 type board, using the ATmega2560 processor ?

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title	What are some other concepts to lookup on the Internet that might be useful when using a CrcDuino?

“Input debouncing” is crucial when counting the number of time a switch or button has been pressed. A nice introduction can be seen here, but there’s a lot of other ressources on the subject out there.

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