This project started as a “quick build” and somehow turned into a full redesign loop I did not see coming.

I spent around 16 hours straight building it end to end. No breaks, just flow. Schematic → PCB → Fusion 360 enclosure. Everything was moving fast and honestly felt solid at the time.

⚡ Schematic phase

Mapped out the full switch matrix. Rows and columns looked clean on paper. Nothing felt off. This was the calm stage.

🧩 PCB design

Routed everything around the XIAO RP2040. Tight layout, all pins assigned, everything looked correct.

That’s the keyword: looked.

🖼️ Fusion 360 enclosure

Built the case, aligned the board, checked fitment. At this point I genuinely thought:
“yeah, this is a first-try success.”

It wasn’t.

💥 The moment it broke

During final checks, I realized something stupid but critical:

✔ Rows were connected
❌ Columns were NOT connected to the XIAO

At first I thought: “ok easy fix, PCB edit, done in 2 minutes.”

Then reality hit.

🚫 The real problem

No GPIO pins left on the XIAO.

Zero. Everything was already assigned.

So the “quick fix” wasn’t possible at all.

🔧 Forced redesign

Only option left was to free up pins.

That meant removing the potentiometer I had already designed into the system.

And that one change didn’t stay small:

~ PCB had to be updated again 🔁
~ Pin mapping had to be redone 🧠
~ Fusion enclosure had to be redesigned 🧱
~ Mechanical layout shifted again 📐

What should’ve been a tiny wiring fix turned into a full system rollback.

Devlog: Glove B Completed

After weeks of development, testing, and debugging, I have finally completed Glove B of Gesture Link.

In the video, Glove B is working successfully and responding exactly as intended. You may notice a buzzing sound in the recording. That sound comes from the vibration motors activating to transmit Braille characters.

For this demonstration, the speech input “Hello, how are you?” was converted into Braille and sent directly to the glove. Each finger contains three vibration motors. Two fingers work together to form one Braille cell, while the other two fingers form a second Braille cell. By activating specific vibration patterns, the glove communicates Braille characters through touch, allowing information to be read without visual or audio output.

This marks a major milestone for the project, as the complete speech-to-Braille pipeline is now functioning on Glove B. The system can capture speech, process the text, convert it into Braille patterns, and deliver the output through haptic feedback in real time.

pulled an all nighter :D
worked on the VISORA code, it had some bugs took me a while to fix them. Also added a really nice UI to it.

#Devlog 1: yo gng, this is the OS that I have started developing. I have named it SlayyyOS, i tried to give it a apple inspired theme as u may see in the image.

drop ur thought about it in the comment section :)

#Devlog 1: yo gng, this is the OS that I have started developing. I have named it SlayyyOS, i tried to give it a apple inspired theme as u may see in the image.

drop ur thought about it in the comment section :)

add more tweakss ;)

i) changed the previous trash knob design
ii) made random cuts which i thought are coolll
iii) changed the fonts
iv) added the stardance logo

im gonna ship it soon!

took me a while but yay!

guys please tell me if this pcb will work ? the xiao is at the back side. (Im Lowkey New)

almost done with the repo!

Just Finished Up Building the website for you’re very-very own “TRASHPAD”

I am currently developing a colour recognition system using an ESP32-S3 Sense camera and Python. At this stage, the ESP32-S3 Sense is being used primarily to capture and stream camera data, while all image processing and colour recognition tasks are performed locally on my computer using Python. The system is designed to detect and classify colours in real time.