Keyboard

Total Time - 16-17 hours

June 9th, 2025: (1 hour)

I made the basic design of the keyboard on www.keyboard-layout-editor.com

June 10th, 2025: (1 hour)

Today made the matrix of the keyboard and the firmware, some part is still left, here is a screenshot of the code

June 16th, 2025: (1 hour)

Today I made the basic schematic of the keyboard in KiCAD I will add the rest of the components later

June 18th, 2025: (2 hour)

Today I completed the schematic and will work on the PCB tomorrow

June 23rd, 2025: (1.5 hour)

Solved the issue of footprints of keys not showing, this is the pcb atm, will place it and work it out soon!

June 25th, 2025: (1.5 hour)

PCB almost done only the routing part is left

June 26th, 2025: (2 hour)

Organised the board a bit and did the routing but it was wrong, so I am redoing it

June 28th, 2025: (1.5 hour)

Asked my friends to look at my PCB, they told me the issues so now I am fixing them, I am like halfway there. I reorganised the keys and the diodes as the keys need to be closer, so here's the latest pic I have

June 29th, 2025: (2 hour)

Finally completed the PCB today without any errors!! Thanks to everyone who helped

July 23rd, 2025: (2.5 hour)

Yes I know I am journaling after a long time that is because I was busy between these days today I tried to complete the case and this is how it turned out. Though I forgot to add space for the display and encoder. I followed the hackpad case tutorial

August 15th, 2025 (1 hour)

Added some complexity to the case as per the review, added text which said the name of the project