In most cases, yes. In this design, I intended to have a short "pigtail" cable mounted to the back of the outside of the case. If the pro-micro was pointed vertically, then some of the pins would have collided with switches. In some other videos, I place the pro-micro towards the PCB edge.
Nice, i'm not sure why you didn't push the footprint of the controller a bit higher, although it would have overlapped on the bottom of the top row, it wouldn't have touched any of the pads/holes for it.
I mean that there is a gap between the MCU and the PCB, like stacking an arduino shield on top of an arduino. The MCU is the arduino in this case, and the keyboard PCB is the shield
Hi, my name is Martin, I'm from Argentina. Are you interested in designing the circuits for the manufacture of my macropad? using arduino + cherry. thank you and I wait your response
Hola Martin, soy de Argentina tambien, me podrias pasar el dato de donde ibas a manofacturar el pcb? Ando buscondo y no veo muchas opciones para imprimir el pcb
@@luzamandamarulandaramirez7627 hola. Al final nunca avance con el pcb por qué no encontré un proveedor que me dé confianza. Sigo haciéndolos hand wired
Que es la que hay gente! Aqui de PR tambien haciendo un macropad. Verdaderamente este video es una joyita, andaba buscando footprints pa los switches y algun tipo de estandar pa la medida de los grid. Sobre lo de manufactura @martincaneva4247 eso lo mandas a hacer por JLPCB o por PCBWay o por lalgun manufacturador que esta asociado con fritzing si tienes plata pa botar. JLPCB tiene un editor pa este tipo de cosas y puedes mandar a que te lo ensamblen. Aca son $7 USD, no se cuanto sea eso en Argentina, pero aja.
This dude just proved that you don't need fancy gear and a fancy studio to make good content.
I know dude chilling at the airport. I would go nuts with all the distractions lol
Best video on the topic was made while waiting in an airport.
This video is a hidden gem
I appreciate it! I'll try to put out little snippets of cool info here and there.
@@noahkiser Can you do a video on the GitHub libraries? I'm struggling at the first hurdle.
Thanks airport man, now i can build pcbs!
Total beginner about to take on my first custom PCB and this is the BEST video i've seen yet so thank you!
ty for subtlety explaining why so many ppl have flipped spacebar stabs, it makes sense now!
Tip: You don't need the calculator for "19.05/24" grid size, you can enter that exact formula right into the user defined grid size.
I was not aware of this! Thank you!
The Audio is really not that great, but the tutorial is still very helpful! Thanks you Noah!
This video is really helpful, and as someone already said, a "hidden gem"!
didn't understand why you added pro-micro in between matrix, shouldn't usb be at the edge of the board so that it can be exposed out of the case
In most cases, yes. In this design, I intended to have a short "pigtail" cable mounted to the back of the outside of the case. If the pro-micro was pointed vertically, then some of the pins would have collided with switches. In some other videos, I place the pro-micro towards the PCB edge.
Nice, i'm not sure why you didn't push the footprint of the controller a bit higher, although it would have overlapped on the bottom of the top row, it wouldn't have touched any of the pads/holes for it.
If the controller was pushed higher, the bottom row of header pins would interfere with the bottom of the switch, since they protrude through the PCB
where is the diodes?
each switch is connected to a different pin on the micro-controller. So there is no matrix ... so it doesnt needs diodes :)
@@meme-hj5rs Also if it were a simple grid, it would really need diodes either, if you don't plan on mashing a lot of buttons in the same time
Bookmarked for future use :D
Great video. Thanks
sorry I was just wanted to know what you meant by the MCU will not be attached to the pcb because I thought it had to be connect to it
I mean that there is a gap between the MCU and the PCB, like stacking an arduino shield on top of an arduino. The MCU is the arduino in this case, and the keyboard PCB is the shield
Nice Vid. The question for me is, how to interact with the OS. Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
As someone who has never worked with kicad jow do i import these libraries?
get good
can you do it in something other than kicad
I have only used Eagle before, but I no longer have the educational license.
What EDA software would you recommend me cover?
Hi, my name is Martin, I'm from Argentina. Are you interested in designing the circuits for the manufacture of my macropad? using arduino + cherry.
thank you and I wait your response
Hola Martin, soy de Argentina tambien, me podrias pasar el dato de donde ibas a manofacturar el pcb? Ando buscondo y no veo muchas opciones para imprimir el pcb
@@luzamandamarulandaramirez7627 hola. Al final nunca avance con el pcb por qué no encontré un proveedor que me dé confianza. Sigo haciéndolos hand wired
@@martincaneva4247 Me hiciste dar cuenta que estaba en el perfil de mi novia XD, te envidio las ganas de hacer un handwired 👏, gracias igual bro
Que es la que hay gente! Aqui de PR tambien haciendo un macropad. Verdaderamente este video es una joyita, andaba buscando footprints pa los switches y algun tipo de estandar pa la medida de los grid. Sobre lo de manufactura @martincaneva4247 eso lo mandas a hacer por JLPCB o por PCBWay o por lalgun manufacturador que esta asociado con fritzing si tienes plata pa botar. JLPCB tiene un editor pa este tipo de cosas y puedes mandar a que te lo ensamblen. Aca son $7 USD, no se cuanto sea eso en Argentina, pero aja.
hello, i'm come from VietNam. i don't know how to add library from ghub to kicad, can u hlep me? thanks..
The same here. Unfortunately he skipped this important step.
What is a _"hot spot"_ switch?
I believe he's saying (or meant) hot swap. Hot swappable means that they can essentially be replaced, or swapped out, on the fly.
Rocco is correct. A hotswap socket allows a switch to be installed to the PCB without soldering the switch itself.
@@noahkiser You mean a press fit component?
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No instructions for installing the keebio libs. And ofc their github doesn't tell you how either.
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