kallioderso - Stardance

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@kallioderso on Copy-Paste-Pad · 19 days ago

Hey there i created the Copy-Paste-Pad, a macropad able provide up to six clipboards at the same time. So 6x more than normaly possible under windows. For this you have a so called copy mode (left down button) and a paste mofe (right down button) after activating the specific mode each click at the remaining keys triggers an specific copy or paste event for the pressed key slot. This happenes in a laptop sided software, reacting on hid signals from the device to trigger strg + c or strg + p to copy something and than store it in one of the 6 Storage variables. Creating this laptop sided software was really challanging in comparison to the firmware for the macropad itself due to how hid events work and to copy something without loosing the original clipboard context. I really hope you all like this project as much as i do. I am really proud of the geberal design and look of everything

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@kallioderso on Copy-Paste-Pad · 19 days ago

30m 43s logged

Finally finished everything and now ready for ship (had to fix the CAD files another time xD)

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@kallioderso on Copy-Paste-Pad · 19 days ago

2h 45m 12s logged

In this Build-devlog did i assembly everything (while destroying 2 of the 5 platines) and compiling everything. As well did i fix my CAD files, so that everything is now fine

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@kallioderso on Copy-Paste-Pad · 2 months ago

2h 2m 9s logged

Long time since i uploaded the last devlog. one thing i forgot to upload was these changes which includes a lot of code reworking and commenting everthing to make it more understandable. in the future i will create custom applications with UI using .net Maui. at least if i got enough time remaining :)

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@kallioderso on Copy-Paste-Pad · 3 months ago

26m 14s logged

i finally fixed everything. because inside the last devlog did i commpletly forgot to update the Readme file and therefore every important piece of information towards the firmware xD. but i fixed it :) and as well added the .dxf files needed for CNC machining, in case someone would like to CNC machine his copy of my creation. (i did it as well)

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@kallioderso on Copy-Paste-Pad · 3 months ago

1h 46m 27s logged

with this devlog, i finally finished the entire firmware for the first ship of the Copy-Paste-Pad and all of its functions. unfortunatly is it so, that it took very long to compile the qmk, which is the reason why i as well included it inside github. so that others dont have to life trough the same struggle xD.

apart from that, did i comment every single file and as well understood the things i wrote with the help of ai, so that i could rewritte and improve it inside the next ship or better sayed until the next ship. i tried as well to documentate everything as good as possible, so that it would be easy to understand and use.

up to this point i as well made some little but nice improvements towards the casing and the pcb, as i accidently put the oled towards the 5V and a bunch of other small mistakes as well :P

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@kallioderso on Copy-Paste-Pad · 3 months ago

1h 26m 8s logged

I created the whole firmware, but sadly did i had to use ai for most of the .exe firmware part, there to solve the copying and pasting inside the computere, as it had to do with complicated librarys. But dont worry, before shipping will i fix the code and rewritte it, so that the ai aspect almost gets missing, just wanted a prove of concept. As well did i create a wood casing inside my stephfathers cnc mashine as i loved the idea of letting the Copy-Paste-Pad appear premium with wood, glas and so on.