What’s New? I’m done with the case now. :D I ended up lengthening the design to be the same length as my Aula f75 so it would fit in cleaner with the rest of my desk. I also added a top layer to make the macro pad more comfortable to use as you can rest your palm on the extra length that was added and have your hand be able to reach the keys easier. I finished off the design by adding some small things like a USB port cut out and adjusting the length of the micro controller “window”. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ What went wrong? One of the big things I really wanted to try to make was having the whole device angle like my current keyboard does and spent some time tried a multitude of different ways I thought I could make this happen and I ended up realizing that the only way to make it work the way I envisioned was to restart and make the cad model on a different plane. This would have included redoing the extremely annoying dxf file shenanigans from last time so I decided against it after wasting an hour or 2 exploring options to make this happen. Another, albeit smaller, issue I encountered was that my micro controller was too far back on my original PCB design and I ended up having to do some minor rerouting to push it forward so the USB port at the end of it would be accessible with the new USB cutout. Also the PCB broke in OnShape when I reloaded it but I just let that be. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ What’s Next? I need to build out the firmware using QMK and code in the different layers for each key and figure out a way to connect the new top piece and the rest of the build without using glue or looking bad like screw holes do. After that my design should be ready to ship! :O
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