Soldering: I finished soldering my HackPad. What’s left now is to program it so it works. I decided with the given time left for this program, I’m not going to build any case at all.
Redesign of my HackPad case: I ran into an issue when I was doing a check to see if my key switches(with the keycaps attached) fit onto the PCB. I found out the fourth key had to be placed upside down and soldered that way. I checked my PCB editor and found out I had accidentally made an error when designing. I decided I could create a slot for the fourth key underneath the keyboard case so that it could still be used. To accommodate the fourth key being upside down and the XIAO chip as well, I made the case more taller by extruding it more on the top. I also found out the slots I had created for the keys on top wouldn’t allow the keycaps to fit, so I had them redesigned and I removed the slot for the fourth key as I was going to place it upside down.
I got my programming done for my Hackpad in VS Code using C++. I did use Github CoPilot since this is my first time programming for hardware.
