Setting up the MarPad (“Marcel” Pad V1):

Today was a good chunk of work. I worked on the following things:

1. Brainstorming (what will it look like, what components do I need?)
2. Creating the Schematic, and Ensuring the PCB was correct and organized.
3. Setting up QMK and the firmware for the HackPad
4. Creating the base case.

These were the three main things I completed.
I’d have to say that the most challenging part was the QMK setup, as I am still learning all of the processes involved with CAD, CS, and coding overall. I’m on a Mac, and decided to go the HomeBrew route.

Inspiration: I have to give credits to MrKillerShaunBa and Matyas604. Both of their GitHub repos had incredibly useful information to guide me (I mainly used the images as reference and guessed how to DIY it!). Many thanks to both of you!

https://github.com/MrKillerShaunBa/BajajPad/tree/main
https://github.com/Matyas604/Matyas-s-Hackpad/blob/main/Assets/Case.png

Lastly, I finally got my Hackatime working, so this is my first DevLog here, thanks to all the people in #Hackpad in slack who helped me out!

(edit: someone helped me learn markdown formatting! :) )