7/31/2026 - 5th Update!

well, it’s 9:41 PM, on the last day of july. quite a month lol

anyways, gotta lock in, back to cad!!!

since when were headers (long side, past the black square section) 6mm? guess they always were

we should also probably have a simple oled on the top for the text, with the graphics beneath it… it could probably be driven by the main rp2040 since its not that intensive

hmm might be better to put this on the second? idk, i dont think im gonna add a scrub bar (as in saying the progress of the track) in order to save processing power, i actually dont know, it might be a good idea actually

ok, some ui drawing later, we have a 128x32 image! probably not gonna actually put an image on the disc place, shouldnt take much effort for anything to update it (since its both monochrome and only 128x32) (maybe we can do some optimization to only update section of it if that’s possible? idk)

this looks pretty good, time to cad the picture! nvm, it doesnt have the pin locations in the picture…

this is also pretty good, this time with the pin locations in the diagram! wait it doesnt have the side profile

mfw these are like the exact same products, just gonna go with the first one

erm this things gonna be 1.5cm tall in total, at least currently, thats pretty compact!

self reminder to add extra clearance on the sides of the display

ok, 10:42 PM, movie time, brb

back at 2:05 AM, so the layout of this things gonna have to be super super super annoying, gonna draw something out real quick, actually its probably faster to write it, basically, the base is obvious, just pla, but after that, we’re gonna need some form of four screws to hold everything together, with spacers in between!

mentioned yesterday, with the ideas of the buttons on the side, it’s still possible, but i’d say unlikely. it’s not exactly easy to make easy push buttons on the side, we’ll probably have to have some mount, which is also not pleasant to make, especially with the fact we have to wire that up. i’d more prefer if we could have it on the board itself, but that’s obviouslly not possible

or is it?

turns out, while write that, i remembered that, since the height’s 1.5cm, we can, in fact, have a couple of switches on the bottom! like, actual buttons!

we cant really fit full keyswitches there… well, we can fit three, and have the rotary encoder on the top

we might be onto something, speakers are gonna have to wait, probably unlikely, headphone jack is gonna be on the side, probably next to the power section

back to cad work

so i just researched 18650 batteries again. probably best to just use a charger. idk, still like the jumper for usb c and battery power idea

erm hows it 2:43 AM, ok, did a bit more cad work, here’s the state of stuff

yeah, that’s gonna be it for now, i should probably design this with more space, the x direction right now is set by the display itself, which is quite interesting, gonna probably have to make a protection thing so stuff doesnt collide, havent considered if i actually am gonna add a battery to it and exactly where (would need to find a battery holding unit and get the dimensions, probably gonna quickly grab that from the 18650 battery holders from raven or something)

anyways, 2:47 AM right now here in NYC, good night!