6-Key Macropad

Fixing MANY issues with the fusion design so far - the design process would be a lot easier in hindsight if I had taken the time to properly assign 3D footprints to the PCB to avoid having to dive into schematics for 0.91” displays, yet it’s looking pretty good. Just have to finish up with screw holes and figure out this LED shinethrough panel! This has been my favourite part of the process so far as Fusion is something I am quite experienced with.

Beginning fusion design - Hackatime is still a bit of an issue but the hours are occasionally logging.

I plan to have the 20 LEDs as shine-through LEDs in the case, with a thin plastic layer to hide them but still allow light to diffuse through.

Finishing up PCB, trying and failing to set up Wakatime for fusion.

Finished up the PCB - finally fixed the largest ERC and DRC errors. School’s been tight so I haven’t had as much time to keep teaching myself KiCad but I’m close to finishing the PCB, then it’s on to case design (something I’m a lot more familiar with!)

After running DRC, I realized there might be a few problems with my design. Of course, this is inevitable when teaching myself something but there were QUITE a few issues to fix (~100). Currently in the process of fixing them,

Changed design from 10-key to 6-key with multiple menus and a screen. Previous hours not logged as I did not know how to connect KiCad to hakatime, finally fixed that.

This project serves as my first time creating a custom PCB! I primarily do 3D design work so this has been a bit of a learning curve, but i’m super excited to eventually have something which I designed from the ground up!