ComputeDeck-B3

Like so many of us. I remade all the PCB's to a v2 because I noticed some mistakes on the originals or wanted to shrink them up a bit more.

Ah well! Always room for improvement right? 

The thumb board can be found here on OSH Park ~

And the Keyboard segments can be found here on OSH Park ~

After giving it some thought, I'll probably add on this GPIO expander. I might only attach the keyboard segments to it though. I'd like to retain my i2c lines for also using the IMU and other sensors that come with the Arduino Connect RP2040, which would be impossible if I used all of it's gpio for buttons.

Edit** The fix has been implemented and published in the following project log.

Edit* I just noticed the switches GND pins are wrong and would permanently ground the switch. Fix coming later, noted on this post.

Woo! Just finished the thumbstick pcb for the chorded keyboard. Again you can find it here on oshpark.

It has 4 of these switches and one of these thumbsticks.

After my previous build of a chorded keyboard using Cherry MX Switches, it was clear that I needed to work with smaller components if I was going to have any more keys. Not wanting to solder to the pins of smaller switches and deal with designing complex mounting to make them secure, I decided to design a pcb segment for 4 switches. 

I am planning on using an Arduino Connect as the main micro to run the chorded keyboard, and it has enough GPIO for me to be satisfied wiring the switches independently, with a shared ground plane. 

You can find the first revision of the segments on Oshpark already! 

Enjoy,

Atltvhead