So I ended up redoing the schematic, and now I’m working on the PCB properly this time. After finding all the mistakes in the previous version, I figured it would be better to spend the extra time fixing everything now instead of running into even bigger problems later. It took a while to go back through everything, but I’m much happier with how it’s turning out now.I still haven’t resolved the issue with the lost logged hours. I mean, I still have the recordings—I just can’t post them because of the problem with Lookout. It’s still pretty annoying knowing that there are hours of work sitting there that I can’t share, but for now there’s not much I can do about it. I’m still hoping someone knows a way to recover them because I’d really like to get those updates back.Anyway, today’s goal is to finish the PCB. I did run into a small error while working on it, so I decided to save this recording before continuing just in case something else goes wrong. After everything that happened with the lost recordings, I’d rather be safe than risk losing another update. Even though there was a small issue, it wasn’t anything major, and I managed to figure out what caused it pretty quickly.So far, I think things are going well overall. I’ve finished routing two layers of the buttons and the diodes and connected everything together. It definitely took a lot longer than I expected because I’m still learning how to use this PCB design software. Every time I think I’ve figured something out, I end up discovering a quicker or cleaner way of doing it. It’s been a bit of a learning curve, but I feel like I’m getting more comfortable with the program every time I use it.While working on the PCB, I also found a small issue with one of the component libraries. Thankfully it wasn’t a huge problem, and I managed to fix it before getting too far into the design. I’m glad I caught it early because it could have caused problems later if I had left it as it was.Overall, I think today has been pretty productive. Even if it doesn’t look like a massive amount of progress from the outside, a lot of the time was spent making sure everything is accurate and properly connected. I’d much rather spend extra time getting the PCB right now than have to order it and realize I made a mistake that could have been avoided. Hopefully, if everything goes to plan, I’ll have the PCB finished today and can move on to the next stage of the build.
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