Hackpad
Hardware- 5 Devlogs
- 15 Total hours
I’m building my Hackpad!
Waiting on a reviewer. We'll let you know as soon as there's a decision.
Devlog #5
Yesterday I recieved a message that I forgot the production folder and the BOM. Today I created these files and folders and updated my repo. Additionally I designed the knobs - I didn’t really design them, I took the Hack Club Design and removed the h. And I also colored the CAD file. Check my repo out!
HI Great work! Before this can be approved we need to update a few things! First please add a BOM.csv (bill of materials), next please create a production folder with the following: your CAD, Firmware and gerber.zip! :D
Devlog 4
I finally finished the software. I don’t know if this will work but with the help of AI I created info.json and keymap.c for QMK. What’s shown on the display and many other things I’ll configure when the Hackpad is shipped and built. Yesterday I was working an hour and a half but I added it accidentally to another project. Today I created a repo, check it out here. I’m happy that I’m finally done with all the parts and I’m locking forward to building and programing my Hackpad!
Devlog #3
This is my finished PCB and my case so far. During designing the case I noticed that not all parts of the PCB were perfectly aligned. I was struggling with the measurement and designing the holes for the switches, rotary encoders and the display. Now I have a few odd distances and the parts are not exactly centered, but I don’t have enough time to fix this. Tomorrow I will finish the case completely and start with the software, so I can hand it in soon and build it.
Devlog #2
I just finished the schematic of my PCB. Now I’m working on the design of the PCB. I arranged the switches and diodes. I don’t know where to place the microcontroller. My plan was to put it on the left but then the case woul be too big. I think I’ll place it on the back of my PCB behind the display.
Devlog 1
I started designing my Hackapad! At first I designed a sketch in Tinkercad. I included 8 buttons, 2 rotary encoders and the display. For the colors I drew my inspiration from devices by Teenage Engineering. As I was designing the matrix, I realized that I was using too many ports than I were available. So my solution is to include the two encoders in the matrix for the press signal and wire one of them for the rotary signal. Then I used exactly all 11 ports of the microcontroller.
