8/23/2026 - 15th Update!

so. how much silkscreen art can someone make? turns out, not enough, but i think im at the point where im mostly satisfied with the decoration and the layout, in theory, we can kinda finish everything today? it’s 6:01 PM right now in nyc, im just gonna get ready to post yesterday’s (well, two days ago’s) updatelog onto the website

oh yeah, another cool thing, i figured out how to fix my s key! its staying in there pretty well so far, so let’s see how it holds up…

ok, ive posted it there, what do we have left?

• finish the pcb clean up (not much, really, just notes and checks)
• drc again, check its all updated and good
• export and do the jlcpcb stuff, create and calculate bom/prices
• decide whether or not to use female headers for the removable screen
  • on one side is the audio jack, repairability and, well, the art
  • on the other side is increased height and possible connection issues
  • its really just that the audio jack probably doesnt fit
• make the side heights readable (this cad is abysmal)

well, what are we waiting for? let’s get to it!

i, in fact, did not lock in. just kidding!

this looks good for the header stuff i was talking about, id say the screws should also be able to secure everything, so thats another plus!

quick commit, one second

ok, 7:35 PM now, gonna go to dinner now, lots of cad work!

ok, see ya in a bit!

back at 10:57 PM, let’s just finish this :p

so. i just realized something.

it’s not a good realization.

the sd card is on the top.

the microphone jacks is on the top, that’s fine, but the sd card holder is on the top. why is this an issue? well, i was particularly avoiding double sided assembly for the costs. and then i forget about this.

i guess we cant avoid it then, 11:44 PM, these docs are confusing

im back at 1:52 AM, im gonna try this again

thanks to this help article! i guess doing it manually instead of the fabrication toolkit or something back with hackpad was needed…

ok, 2:15 AM, im basically not able to do anything right now. im pretty sure i cant keep going with standard pcba, since it gets crazy expensive (yeah, im trying to not make it super expensive) and it has some weird setup thing that i really dont want to figure out (something about adding extra rails to the side? i mean, thats not optimal here). so yeah, i cant do anything for now. what that means is that i have to do a ton of redesigning, specifically moving the sd card and audio jack to the bottom (maybe ill remove the encoder for it??? who knows), and of course the leds (just kidding, maybe the resistor, but the rest is staying on top! ill just have to do some (abysmal) hand soldering…)

so yeah. that’s where things are at, it seems. ill probably have to remove the female pin header row and just direct solder it then? but yeah, that’s it for now. well, i guess theres more to do know, it’s 2:21 AM, so yeah, good night!