Back to Work

Seeing FabroLab's macro keyboard brought back my interest in the project. If you haven't seen it yet, go check it out. It's really well executed, but it looks like it was designed for a left-handed person or someone who doesn't use a mouse with their right hand. I think I'd prefer the look of something longer than it is wide, so mine will have the LCD, rotary encoder, and then keyboard, in a line from farthest away to closest.

Changes from Last Version

I redesigned the board to work with tact switches and to double as a numpad (4x3 instead of the 2x3 I had before). The tact switches won't be in the final version, but they're way cheaper to prototype with. I also added headers to go to an LCD panel that communicates over serial. Aesthetically speaking, my routing skills have come a long way from my first version.

I'm also starting to track all of the assets using git. I plan on eventually opening this up to everyone through my GitHub account, but at the moment I'm a little shy.

Now We Wait

Hoping the boards will arrive sometime next week, along with the components.