DESIGN PHASE #7
The case came!!!! :yayya
Had to choose black color for the top because they didn’t have blue :(
Nothing much…….
I’m currently waiting for the hackpad kit and pcb to come and start building

Also I had some short cirsuits in the gerbers.zip so i just updated them and sent it back to robu
Let’s see when the pcb arrives

DESIGN PHASE #6

As adviced by a fellow hackclubber @Tensor
I have removed the overhang from the macropad
Also,
|I had forgot to add the knob file in Production so added that too!!

DESIGN PHASE #5
Lol :)
I changed the design one more time

Progress

• I tried changing the design of the top case to look like a wave from the side and ig it resembles it a little
• Also I added much needed curves to the design

I’ll provide the screenshots but also checkout the guithub page!! :)

DESIGN PHASE #4

Yess!!!
I’m done with the firmware finally and I also wrote a README

The firmware has functionsREADME has it:-

• Media controls
• volume controls with mute switch on the rotatory encoder
• Fullscreen

Also wrote the list of components used for the project

DESIGN PHASE # 3

Finaalyy im done with the design and we are into the final steps of the designing phase

Things Done

• Switched between 3 different designs and finally I’m moving with this one
• Rerouted the PCB properly
• Completed the CAD

Things left

• The firmware is left I'm thinking of using circuit python to write that :)
• Write the README.md file for the repo and we’ll be done ig

DESIGN PHASE #2

The LED errors man
Anyways,

Progress

• Added an OLED screen
• Added 2 LEDs to the pcb but they were causing errors
• Redesigned the pcb thinking the error was caused by something that I may have done wrong but that wasn’t the case

Next??

• Add hackclub logos to make the pcb look cooler
• Wait for someone to help me fix the LED problem
• Design the case for the pcb

Learnt

• Learnt more about how kicad pcb editor works (footprints and symbols)

What we currently have?

• 2x LEDs
• 1x OLED screen
• 4x keys
• 1x Volume knob/rotatory encoder switch

DEVLOG 1

Hey all,
I’m new to hardware stuff and decided to begin with this hackpad mission.

What have I done?

I started with the awsome tutorial for hackpad then tried to customize it.
I have addded

• 4 keys
• A volume knob

Next??

I’ll be adding a oled screen first which will be displaying a cute companion typa thing (still didnt figure out the name).

Where did I spend most of the time??

• The most time went into schematics as im new I had made soo many mistakes that I realised I had made by watching some yt videos
• The most fun part was to tinker in PCB editor and watch what the pcb looks like in the 3-d viewer