Devlogg #1

Welcome to the first devlog of AniPad. So AniPad, is a hack pad mission project that is basically aiming to make a hack pad, which has an anime based based design (like on the case or probably i will use some stickers).

As for what I did was I didn’t really know anything about PCBs or models or anything at all. So what I did first was, I downloaded the apps mentioned in the guide, and then I watched some YouTube video and tried to build along the YouTube video, trying to first get to know how KiCad really works. And so I have built a 3x3 switch matrix schematic.
After that, what I did next was I tried to design. I’ve made that 3x3 matrix so I could at least know how to use the KiCad software and get some hands-on experience as to how it really works. So now what I thought is let’s now come up with my own layout as for how I am going to have my actual hack pad to be. So I was just brainstorming a design. So after that, what I did was I made the design on a paper sheet, and then I replicated it on my tablet. Because if it’s on tablet, then it’s more easier to see the symmetricalness because when I tried it on paper, it was pretty hard for me to draw them in the same size because I didn’t really have a scale on my hand right now.

So ywah, I just shifted to my tablet after I had the rough idea of how it should look on a paper sheet. I have also attached the tablet drawing, which I did in the lapse. And after the lapse, I also wrote what are the main instructions. So it’s basically the mostly like a design sheet for my project. I have also wrote all the things that I have to keep in mind, what are the things like get parts, etc. btw I’m not really sure about this design yet. btw in the next dev log, I will most probably be finalizing a design, and after that, I will be starting working on the actual schematics and etc, based on how I am going to make the project.

That’s basically it in this devlog. TYSMMM for Reading :)