alessandro_09 - Stardance

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@alessandro_09 on My awesome Slashpad! · 5 days ago

I made my very own hackpad! By reviewing the provided guides and searching through the Internet, I managed to customize it a bit more too without copying the example made from the guide! I had various challenges since I never did 3D Modeling with Fusion 360 and never made a schematic and a PCB in my life. But thanks to this project I learned how to do it and I even liked it really much so I'll probably explore Hardware making further!
I'm really proud of the work I did and I hope to be able to build it physically as soon as possible so I can use it and even improve it further! One thing that I'm not so sure about is the firmware cause the documentation was pretty hard to follow.. But it should be good enough to work! Thanks for everything you do and for taking the time to review my project!

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@alessandro_09 on My awesome Slashpad! · 5 days ago

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Day #3 Creating the firmware and adding the last files

I finally managed to export the case as .step files and loaded them onto the GitHub Repo!
Then, I started working on the firmware and was able to complete it!
I’m not sure that it works cause it was pretty hard to understand but in the end I managed at least to do something!
(Once I’m sure that everything is working I’ll probably add VIA support).

Then, I fixed somethings on the PCB cause I noticed that to use the button of the Encoder I had to wire it to the switch matrix, so I went into KiCad, added another column to the matrix and re-wired everything!

Anyway, this is probably the last Devlog for this project since I made everything I had to do.
So, thank you for everything and see you in another project!

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@alessandro_09 on My awesome Slashpad! · 6 days ago

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Day #2 Creating the case

I finally created the case for my Hackpad! It was probably the hardest thing ever, especially as someone who has never used Fusion 360 before. And honestly, I hate it pretty much. I even tried to export the 3D model as a .step file but it just keep crashing over and over.
Anyway, other than that I:

Added more cats onto the PCB as decoration
Adjusted and fixed some things on the schematic
Adjusted and re-routed every track on the PCB

It was a rough day because of Fusion 360 that kept crashing.. But whatever, see you in another devlog!

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@alessandro_09 on My awesome Slashpad! · 8 days ago

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Day #1 Creating the schematic and the PCB

I’m making my very first macropad from scratch!

Since this was my first time creating a schematic and routing a PCB, it was a bit chaotic but I managed to get it done at the end!

It wasn’t that hard actually, especially thanks to the guides given by the Hack Club!

What I did today:

Created the schematic and then routed all the wires on the PCB.
Loaded the 3D models of the various footprints
-Decorated the PCB with some silly cats (I love them)
Created a GitHub repository with all the files and made the first commit
Started writing the readme file. It’s still incomplete and I’ll modify it while I continue the project.

That was all and see you all in another Devlog!