@Omelette returned your project · 2 months ago

This needs changes before we can consider it shipped. Review the Shipwright feedback, make updates, then ship again.

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hiya, you seem to have gotten funding and your hackpad kit, but havent physically built it yet. please do that, add photos of that to your readme and a youtube video of you showing it off as your demo, then resubmit!

@panda approved your design ? · 2 months ago

Great design ! I love the 4 Part design of the CAD instead of just 2 pieces !

Ship #1 Changes requested

@Hridum on TAR Macropad · 4 months ago

I made a macropad with a 9x9 switch matrix, 1 rotary encoder, a 0.91” OLED screen as well as LEDs. I found the hardest part of this project to be designing the PCB, as I had never done that before. On the other hand, the CAD was fairly simple and I just had to remember to space everything properly so that components such as the microcontroller and diodes could fit in the case.

3 devlogs
7h build
Hackpad

Video of Project → See source code →

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@Hridum on TAR Macropad · 4 months ago

3h 12m 55s logged

Finished CAD for Casing

Cad was pretty simple, added a bottom body, middle plate and top plate to cover everything up

Forgot about the required spacing for components such as diodes and the controller board so I added those as well.

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@Hridum on TAR Macropad · 5 months ago

3h 0m 36s logged

Since last devlog,

Added rotary encoder, OLED screen, LEDs and re-designed layout to follow scanning matrix layout rather than direct connections for each switches

Because of added complexity as well as additional components, PCB was much more complex and a lot of time was used to make sure no traces were overlapping or spacing issues between components.

LEDs were not through-hole so they could only use one trace side, which made process also much more complex.

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@Hridum on TAR Macropad · 5 months ago

1h 12m 58s logged

Finished basic design for Hackpad PCB

I have never designed a PCB before so it was a challenge, especially routing the PCB and making sure no connections shorted, but the hackpad guide helped a lot.