I finished my case as well as the PCB for my PHMPad Vol. 1 (I need to figure out how to change the name of the project). I am now currently working on the headache that is the firmware. It will most likely take a while because it’s my first time making any kind of technical project, so I need to learn absolutely everything.

What is the PHMPad Vol. 1? Essentially, going to PC from a laptop, I have found the general absence of volume control keys to be very annoying. I have therefore decided to create a 2x3 hackpad with the controls as follows.

“ Previous, Pause/Play, Next
Mute/Unmute, Volume Down, Volume Up”
(stardance wanted to format it weirdly so I decided to quote myself hehe.)

In this Moment Lapse of (non-)Reasoning (wonderful album by the way, absolutely recommend a listen), I have manage to get confused an impressive amount of times. I’ll list a few of them here, along with the respective “a-ha” moments.

1. Why is the Xiao Seeeduino Moudle footprint missing??
   I forgot to search how to add the different libraries.

2. Where do I even paste all of this QMK code??
   Apparently you had to install the QMK MSYS program.

3. And WHY doesn’t any of this QMK code work?
   You had to set it up. And I forgot to set it up. I can’t add two and two.

That should be about it for today. I should point out that I forgot to record a timelapse of roughly two hours, which is why I made a somewhat significant progress from an absolute beginner in 1.5 hours. Hope to finish it soon. Cheers!