Macropad 6-14-26 Devlog

During the course of this project, I’ve been spending a significant amount of time re-iterating my case and PCB design. One of my goals for this project is to have the nicest looking front appearance. This means that there should be no visible screws, and the top should be smooth. I plan to do this by having the screws screw in from the bottom, with the heat inserts on the top plate. Initially, I was planning to have the screws go through the PCB. However, I would’ve had to make an indentation by the keys in order to fit the inserts. Instead, I decided to redesign so that the screws don’t travel through the PCB. I was able to finish half of the top plate and the bottom cover. So far, it seems like it’ll work well.

The image below shows a section view of the case and PCB assembled.