day 5 (pi.keeb)
okay a lot of things !
today i learned a lot about pcb wiring and vias, also about fillin the whole area with gnd fill.
I tried to complete the Whole PCB today but i keep running into Wiring issues, and footprint issues, sorting them took like a solid hour at the end of the day i ended up with a cool looking pcb that unfortunately does not pass the DRC test in KiCAD, so it's better I'll rewire them tomorrow, and this time maybe not mess it up!
i also discovered the expert mode last night, it's amazing so many more guided project, actually got inspired for my next submission the pi.splitz a split keyboard inspired by the guide with my own design touch, i also sketched up some tough drawings (will definitely add them in next entry).
with that the day 5 concludes (it'll show up as 4th march but i wrote this up at like 2 am in the night 3rd feb so yeah)
images (hopefully, can't figure out for the life of me): Alright This is my first post after the introductory post!
This is officially day 4 For The Blueprint program, sadly no progress today but i'll quickly sum up day 1 through Day 3
Day 1:
I just click random buttons on the KiCAD app, scroll through the Blueprint Docs, try to figure what i need to learn in order to make my hackpad, eventually after 2 hours have slipped away i figured that i need to be comfotable in KiCAD and Fusion to successfullt make a keeb that will get approved and i can hopefully make it irl, so i sketch some ideas, designs layout
Ps: Spoiler alert i did not stick to initial sketch due to bumping into restrains that i bump into in future (short on pins on the board :( )
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Day 2:
Last night i learned About Key matrix in keyboards, it is a arrangement of keys in rows and colums similar to matrix that significantly reduces the no. of pins on the microcontroller used, i completed the schematics and went to sleep!
Day 3:
today is the PIN DREAD day, i run into pin shortage on the board while wiring and linking the knobs and oled, so i cut down from original 11 key + knob + oled to a 5 key + knob + oled layout, but to my sorrow i did not manage to put them under the pincount of the Seed XIOA 2040, so i finally settel on 6 keys + 1 knob + oled design, a square compact and minimal (hopefully), design with the schematic wired and pcb formatted!
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ps: idk if the links work, i might redact the post if it does not
Introductory Post
Hello hack clubbers ! this is my first post here (i found out about this today), My name is Piyal and Im from India. An aspiring Software Engineer still in high school !
I have a dozen of hobbies, some are physical activities and other are mental :) , i like painting, singing, coding, judo, swimming, jamming, and most of all making.
I make all kind of things. Props, Videos, Films, Brands (yeah like whole of it), electronics and anything humanly possible. creating something that is way above my skill sets is what thrills me. I recently wrote, designed and self published a book too, (sorry for my English friends, it's in my native but im thinking of releasing a translation soon! )
