May 23 - Idea

Let's try this again.

Today I planned out a rough roadmap for how I want this project to go. I'm making this alongside exams so I'll probably complete it over multiple days in small sessions.

The PCB shouldn't be too complex. I wanted to make a PCB that you can plug into your laptop with buttons for shortcut macros. If I can work out how to do it I could even make a portable clipboard where you can copy to the microcontroller, carry it over to another computer and paste. To keep it tiny I'll use 6mm buttons and a SEEED XIAO RP2040.

I wanted to have a minimal Yubikey-style case that just slips around the thing, but I'm worried that with two-sided components the PCB will be too thick for that. There aren't too many components to cover so the case should be quite simple.

Firmware wise I'll use KMK for the keyboard shortcuts. Hopefully I can figure out a way to implement the copy-paste feature, if not I want it to run quick customisable commands like opening the Snipping Tool or File Explorer.

(no pictures today, all in my head for now)

Today I just made the repo, planned out my idea and wrote up this journal post.

Time spent this session: 1hrs