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Everythings coming together, I just need to make sure if all the holes are in their right spot and if the smaller things like caps. and rests. placement matter, as they usually don’t but it doesn’t hurt to check.

My lookout was kind of bugging but today I layed out the medium ish componets in sections of what they do, so this is how my pcb is so far.

so today I layed out the major componets for my second try on my pcb it didnt take me as long as I knew what to do already.

I decided to restart the PCB because Id rather do it right then at all.

did a little bit of work on the github, I also learned I dont really need the GPIO so i might have to restart.

spent today working on laying out componets the m.2 is fine now I even added silk screen, I just need to layout the smaller stuff now.

I did a little bit of work trying to figure out on how everything will fit.

Hey so today, I worked on the m.2 slots a bit couldnt really figure it out.

I started laying out the PCB, everything seems to be coming together now. The M.2 slots are giving me trouble as I don’t know how to distance the hole from the slot perfectly.

I started the PCB today after researching some batteries. I could not find any thinner options, so I will have to go with the option I chose earlier. As you can see in the image the 135mmx135mm pcb size will be difficult to fit the PCB in, but anything good was never easy.

I worked on the chassis a bit to figure out how big I can make my PCB, which will be 135mmx135mm. One problem I have right now is hoow to continure this hardware project as I definetely wont be done by July 26.

So I was working way too hard trying to understand how to make the 4s lipo batteries work, and I realized that knowing me this battery config probably won’t work and it’ll blow up in front of me, so I decided to use a power bank. After talking to Gemini and other AI’s I went with this power bank. It is extremely thin and good enough to power the whole laptop. https://www.amazon.com/Baseus-Portable-Charger-20000mAh-Charging/dp/B0DK8V9LSV. The power bank is even cheaper than some 4s lipo options so I guess switching is the better option.

I worked more on wiring the battery solution in the schematic, it is taking me a while, but that’s due to the fact that I’m trying to understand it all. I also learned about MOSFET’s.

So today I worked on adding chip ic’s to the USB ports because I realized that if I accidentally plug in my usb-c charger to the wrong spot it’ll fry the board. So I added these Ic’s for extra protection.

I worked on the battery management some more, I don’t quite understand how to make this all come together, but I hope I can eventually figure it out.

I spent today researching possible batteries to use and how I can charge and manage the batteries.

Today I worked on battery management where I decided to use the MAX17048 to view my battery percentage which works pretty good on linux with a single driver but on windows I have to write a python script. Im almost done with the battery management.

So I finished the Schematic and added all of the footprints. Overall everything seems fine I need to figure out what size I want the motherboard to start on the PCB, but as I was going over everything I forgot to add battery monitoring, so I’ll do that soon.

I was planning to start on the PCB today, but apparently the footprints didn’t work, so I spent all the time working on that.

Did some small work on the pewake not working in ERC.