This is my first devlog for the Nexus Pad! During this chunk of time, I managed to complete the schematic and almost all of my PCB work for my macro pad! It will contain 9 switches in a 3x3 layout, all backlit by LEDs, a rotary encoder, and a screen.

One issue I faced with the schematic was that I didn’t know where to connect S1 and S2 on the rotary encoder. I initially connected it to my matrix, but then realized most of the other schematics used a separate GPIO pin for it, which I sadly didn’t have the space for. :( After placing everything and realizing my diodes were wrong, I started to route my parts, but as I got to connecting the power wires to everything, it was annoying to have to route around the already placed cables, even with vias. So as I would expect, the routing doesn’t look the greatest in the world, but I did do it all myself.

At the end, when I ran the DRC, it said the holes were too close to the pads on the LEDs, but I asked in the Slack, and so many people helped me identify the issue and suggest things that I am missing.

I look forward to actually making everything look neat and a bit of a personal touch to it; until then, I will dread making my case and learning Fusion 360. :(