Maestro
Hardware- 1 Devlogs
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A compact 6-key macropad with a rotary encoder and OLED display, built around the Seeeduino XIAO RP2040 and running QMK firmware. Small footprint, fully custom, and 3D printed.
I have been working on a custom macro pad, which is based on the HackPad. I had an idea of making it usable with external apps through APIs and other integrations.
I completed the PCB quite a while ago. I have put about 14 hours of total work into this, although I have only logged close to 10 hours. The other four hours were unlogged because I was working on a different laptop, but that is fine since it is only a few hours.
The device itself is a macro pad with:
- Six MK-style switches
- One rotary encoder
- An OLED screen
The PCB is quite impressive; I added some silkscreens to make it look aesthetically pleasing, which I hope will come across well in the finalized product. I designed the case in three parts:
(a) The base
(b) The plate
(c) The top part that encloses everything
The top part leaves space so that the screen can be viewed, making for a really nice, aesthetic-looking piece of hardware.
I have decided to call it Maestro because it fits the theme I have going for it. It is going to be something I use in my daily life to shorten my work time and streamline my workflows. I am pretty excited for the funding to go out so I can start working on this.
