I'll start by soldering the angled male header pins to the Led Rings

Next I will solder the Arduino on the PCB or optionally the 24-pin DIP Socket in order to be able to replace the Arduino in the future.

Now I will solder the 8 potentiometers on the PCB board.

I will solder the WS2812B RGB Led Rings to the PCB board.

I will use some tape to stabilize the Led Rings so that I can turn the PCB upside down and solder the pins on the back.

Place the Arduino Pro Micro on the socket as shown above if you didn't solder it directly on the PC at Step 2.

1. To upload the code to Arduino we need to download the Arduino IDE from the Arduino site: https://www.arduino.cc/en/software
2. After you install the Arduino IDE, open the Crius_Vertical_Infinity_Control_v1.0.ino file so we can Upload the code to the Arduino
3. We need to download the Control Surface library from Github

and install it to the Arduino IDE from the menu Sketch -> Include Library -> Add .Zip Library

4.  Then we have to select Board from the menu Tools -> Board -> Arduino Leonardo

5. and finally the Port from the menu Tools -> Port -> the port we have connected the Arduino

Now we can click Upload and upload the code.

Here you see the PCB design from Kicad

For the PCB board pcb manufacturing process I chose PCBWay which is sure to find quality and economical boards with the features and color I want.

You can order the Crius Vertical Infinity v1.0 PCB at the following link:

www.pcbway.com

To order the PCB from PCBWay you will need the Gerber files

I used Autodesk Fusion 360 to design the case because its free for personal use , easy to use and incudes some awsome features like to import a 3D PCB Design from KiCad in our case , so I can build the case around the PCB which make the whole construction feel more durable and professional.

Here you will find the design of the 3D Printed case

Here the only thing we need to do is to connect the Crius Vertical Infinity Control with our computer , open the Preferences menu and select from the MIDI tab :

1. Conrol Surface - Fantom
2. Input - Arduino Leonardo
3. Output - Arduino Leonardo

We are READY to go!