binary hackpad

3rd times the charm ;)

Ok, so this is the third case I had to make, but I think that everything is ready. The case was pretty easy to make, since I have learned how to make cases for hackpads by heart at this point . To be fair, I think this one looks the best from the three, but im biased. I think maybe the code needs a last looking over and I’ll be ready to ask for the parts to build this. I hope that they arrive sooner that later. Thats all.

I completed the qmk code

Downloading QMK was a nightmare, thank god for tutorials and youtube. The coding part was easy i guess. However the time i spent coding on vscode with hackatime was added to the qmk_firmware file and not this project which sucks. I also realised that I forgot to add an “enter” button, which I will either do today or tomorrow.

Redesigned EVERYTHING!

I thought that what I had made until this point was, well, very much basic and nothing significant, so I had the idea, to make a keyboard that types in binary. One keycap for 0, one for 1, one for space, one for delete. I redid the kicad pcb, and remade the case. Now I need to figure out how this is even coded. Is this going to be a revolutionary invention that will change how humans type? No. Will it help me learn binary? Maybe.

Finished the case with cutouts for the keycaps. I dont think Ill add anything else, ill just ship it. I think for my first pcb its pretty ok

Built the pcb and the case for the hackpad

I started with finishing the pcb, which was relatively ok. Then I did the case, but the plate couldn’t load, so I built one from scratch instead. I would assume that the project is pretty much finished. Ill see what other things need to be done and ship tmrw

Started with kicad and the hackpad

I downloaded kicad, and, following the tutorial, I had to download the libraries, which I had trouble doing so. To be honest I had diffucilties with a lot of things. But in the end I got this result and Im proud!