8/1/2026 - 6th Update!

its 5:26 PM, time to lock in, new month by the way! just moved yesterdays log onto the website

i dont think i can design it to have the top of the screws flush with the surface, idk, it might look better without that? who knows

cad work is pretty good! time to move the work to kicad… (also, do note that the main screens gonna have some stuff so it can actually align well, we still have spacers and tabs to cad!) the main point of getting the case and layout

ok, 6:56 PM, made the kicad, gonna get started after dinner! quick commit

ok, 8:56 PM now, wow, basically exactly two hours later! no, i didnt eat dinner for two whole hours (yes ill keep making this joke)

anyways, pcb time, seems like theres no dedicated kicad wakatime/hackatime thing, thats kinda sad (im also on kicad 8 lel)

just checked the stardance site, why does my updatelog from yesterday have more views/reactions than any of the posts in spark lol

i have no clue where to start. probably gonna heavily reference this guide back from blueprint for resources! well, what am i waiting for? here we go! once i get lookout/timelapse thing set up!

ok, 10:14 PM, lots of stuff done! basically, im up to adding the io stuffs, but since we’re not making a devboard (im still gonna break out a good amount of pins), we’re just gonna gloss over that…

anyways, yeah, quick commit!

so uh, ive been thinking. how does one power/program this. well, the idea right now is three usb c ports, one for only power and controlling everything, and the other two for individual power/flash! its a little jank, but idk how the power stuff is gonna work (at least for the capacitors)

we also need diodes aaaaaaa

ok, 10:45 PM, gonna go watch a movie, brb!

back at 1:39 AM, why am i scared to make changes, i have version control…

mfw there are 67 footprints in total (according to the assign footprints list), anyways, 2:37 AM, with that, i think here’s a good place to stop for today, discovered the blue boxes existed and had a ton of fun with it!

so yeah, that’s it for tonight, it’s currently 2:40 AM, good night!