Total time spent so far: 16hrs
19th July: SCH, PCB
Alr so like i have made a numpad and now I wanted to make a full freaking keyboard so here it comes First I chose the basic things like the MCU, The switches the basic layout and all. I decided to go with a custom layout and yea It is gonna have a freaking OLED display I'm really scared of that shit but yea here it comes. I'm using it i will learn new thing.
so like this is the basic thing or the structure That is gonna be it. But my exams are fucking over now I'm gonna grind fro my fucking keeb and highway I want that 3d pronter. Alr back to the keeb. Now I started with the SCH it was kinda headache But i love the headache damnn I'm starting to learn new things. here's the ss of the final schematic.
ALr so like idk how to explain the PCB part like in journal but but but I have took a ton of pictues, In short I made the basic layout then used the .svg file of layout to make sure ever single switch alligns properly so I did the first row the secon and then the whole fucking rows I used F.cu for like the x axis and B.cu for the straight ones to keep it more organized. So like here are all the imgaess that i took during the process.
So like I made hte whole fucking thing and done by all the wiring It took me a while but it was really good time so yea.
Then I added some silklayer and here the ss of it.
I think it looks cool I added some text to it and really nice Arch btw logo. I use Arch-btw, with hyprland. Then I thought to start with my CAD but yea Typical indian parents yea my parents they asked me to sleep so yea I will work on it later.
Time Spent: 7hrs
21th July: CAD & Firmware
bed news guys! I thought I would not make this keeb but, It's bed that my last keeb is rejected so yea I 'm gonna complete this one and submit it 😭 So like I worked on the top middle plate and bottom, I will be using sanwich mounting for it cause it's easy to build and also easy to print the parts. Here is the Screenshots of my progress I dont think I can explain it but I have a bunch of screenshots so yea here they are
here are the final products.
Alr so Like as I'm using raspberry pi pico there is a micro usb port which I have to use and no usb-c and the raspberry pi pico which i'm buyign also comes with a cable so I will just leave it plugged in to avoid the destruction of the pico so yea , for that I have kept/Made a room for it oin the keeb and i asked arnav who is gonna print my case He said it will be good to go to print the case and it looks awesome, Last time my keeb got rejected because of the CAse only so this time the name of the keeb is Orpheus-Pad which Which I hav eextruded on the top to make it look more personalized and also I have added alot of things in the back.
Then the last part the firmware, I took help from the guides of hackpad and also a guide from hackclubbers and also the Raspberry Pi pico GPIO pinout documentation.
Making the repo and submitting it.
Time Spent: 5hrs
31th July: Making the changes that were asked
So, Kai told me everything is okay expect the case so, here it comes Caffine drinks and my ani-pad oh yea I built my anipad today, and it was really messy around my table cause Soldering items all over so yea, first I saw the reddit channel for some inspo and then I thought how can i make it liek the basic design, after that there was a power cut out in my local area so I just waited, then I went to my fucking tutions and there I finalized my designs then when I got back home I started working my ani-pad with being in huddle with my best friend then after that I started to work on my CAD pf my keeb so I just knew What I have to make in my mind so i just started making it then I yea I took more inspo then yea I did it I didn't took so much time by while rendering my laptop crashed like 2 times 😭 nvm here are the screenshots of final products.
It's 1.35am rn And I'm gonna grind now cause tmr is holiday :yay Thanks kai for helping me in almost all of my projects and reviewing too 🫀
Time Spent: 4hrs