Devlog 4 - NotGoingToBeLateToSchool

finally finished CADing the board (idk if thats a word)

• i kinda had to redo the entire board but oh well yk

the final case

• its in two parts the top piece which is gonna be glued down and the body of the shape which has posts to hold the pcb
• moved the xiao and the display header to the bottom
• i also decided to use headers cuz this is my first time soldering a pcb so thats smth that could make this slightly easier

the problem (cuz obviusly it cant be a smooth process

• the switch is 15.6mm across the plate flange and a 1u dsa cap is 18.4mm
• my keys were on 15.09mm so thats too small
• so the switches overlapped and so did the switch caps and i didnt want to have to cad the caps too
• rerouted everything to make sure it all fits

the new pcb

• 461 tracks, 14 vias, was 284 (basically cut down hella on the overlapping things)
• i still have to make all the angles not right angles (i didnt know abt that until i say it on slack tdy when i was checking my pings (good to know ig))

things that i updated on the cad itself

• had to shift the usb cutout down a ton cuz i didnt account for the header lengths before

firmware

• finished it. 4 alarms with their own days, info pages for weather, hackatime, now playing and world clocks
• put the spinning globe from my hackpad oled on the clock face

next: get it approved so i can get the kit