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PCB Finished!!!

I am SUPER happy because I finished the split keyboards PCB! Though I had to redo some parts because I got confused with the footprints, so like an hour wasted right there because of a small mistake.

Long story short, the LCSC SK6803 MINI-E footprint was NOT right, I discovered that all the leds in the SK series are reverse mounted (the LCSC was not), meaning that every single led in my pcb was wrong, and therefore, every single trace tied to it.

Also, there were like 10000 DRC errors, because of the same LED footprint, the copper is incredibly close to the cut-out, so KiCAD just started freaking out.

The cherry on top🍒🎂: KiCAD crashed as soon as I finished everything that I just mentioned, so I had to do EVERYTHING again in 20 minutes.

Other changes!:

  • I moved some of the battery pads so I could route the LEDS easier
  • Made all silkscreen texts face the same way so it’s easier to read + cool GD wave drawings
  • Made each split keyboard have their own gnd net (KiCAD was trying to tie them together)
  • Mousebites in between🐭
  • Assigned all the 3D models for every component!

Soo, I could say the split keyboards PCB is finished, so now the next step is CAD, I still don’t know how I’m going to design the case so it looks like Tidal wave, probably going to make it cyan with fish maybe? I’ll see later.

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