The Cyber Pad is going to be an extremely futuristic looking macropad.

It’s going to be a test of my design skills and just a fun side project I want to build.

I really like the cyberpunk aesthetic and want to make a series of projects that go with the theme, maybe ending up with a cyberpunk themed 3D printer.

Anyways first I’m going to do some drawing and brainstorming on how I want this thing to look.

Anyways this is my main inspiration that I spent some time on, I really like the buttons like this so I think I’m going to leave it like that. I don’t want any OLED’s or anything because I feel like that ruins the vibe so I’m going simple with a major focus on the design.

Also this design seems quite blocky but the actual thing will be nice and round.

Now let’s whip up a quick schematic. I’m trying to stick to best practices possible and I’m going to do the neopixels once I’m done my case!

Now time to do the PCB, took me quite a long time because I was figuring out some footprint and alignment stuff.