Devlog #1

PCB Done!

What is “Simon Says - WAKE UP!” alarm clock

So this is gonna be an alarm clock where you need to play Simon Says to turn off the ALARM.

I know it’s nothing special or complicated, but I just want to make something that’s gonna work, and mainly I am gonna be concentrated on the firmware.

What I made so far

So today I just started this and I made this:

Schematic
The schematic is nothing too special, I just basically copied the guide. Like, I wanted to add more keys and even external RGB lights, but the Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32-C3 is pretty small and doesn’t have so many pins — most of the pins are taken by the display.
PCB
So after the schematic, I started making the PCB, and yeah, I followed the guide, but I tried to add something of my own, and that is, I hope, the silkscreen — making silkscreen is my favourite part of every PCB :)

What I want to do next

So because I have the PCB done now, I want to do:

Case
So I am gonna make the case in Onshape, and I am imagining the case to be nothing too big, but also with the display at some angle so you can easily see which button you need to press or see the time. (Maybe, but really maybe, if I find 1 pin, I am gonna add a servo motor for the display, and this is gonna rotate the display, or I am gonna just make something manual.)
Firmware
I don’t know in what language I am gonna make it (C++ or MicroPython), but I know that I am gonna use WiFi because the board has it, and also do programming and some GUI for the display and the whole function.
Documenting
This is gonna be the last part, and basically, I am gonna write everything about it and how it works.

So this is all for this devlog. This day was pretty relaxing because I have some experience with this, and I was just working using the guide.

If you have any questions or ideas, write them down below, and I hope we’re gonna see each other in the next Devlog.

Love u

Down below you can see the PCB 3D render and layout, as well as the schematic.