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Only about 16 boards scrapped until I found a favored bit / tool diameter / cut depth, but the multimeter says it's good!

On to solder masking and drilling! 😁

Having an additive and a subtractive method of creating your own prototype objects is amazing. Sometimes I think I was born at exactly the right time 😅

Made a jig for the 70x100mm (actually - 71 x 101mm‼️) PCB blanks I've been buying.

Double sided tape was too squishy, and was causing problems!

Closer! Testing out all the steps here before solder masking and milling that away.

I did something wrong on the drill step 😬 but everything else came out pretty solid.

My process so far is: EasyEDA -> grbr export -> pcb2gcode -> candle + height map -> hit send

Using usbip to allow my rPi (attached to 3018 prover) to forward USB connections to my desktop, and from there, Candle to drive the CNC.

After trying several options, Candle's height mapping is amazing! I had up to .04mm variations in height that was absolutely wrecking my traces. Height map ftw!

Always wanted to try my hand at milling PCBs and milling away a layer of solder mask myself. Just got this setup using cncJS - my better half told me 12am was too late for any further testing 😅

Not saying I'm ready to call this success, but it is exciting 😁

Pro tip: verify the voltage out BEFORE you hook it up to your components 😬

Everything on that board just got rocked with 15v 😭 I've never seen every component pop the magic smoke all at once 🤣

That's what I get for assuming the V pin was of course 5v 🤣

Omg I almost forgot the Hamilton Funkos 😱

We can be friends if any of these speak to you. 😅

Slowly but surely! 😁 FC picks up GPS and IMU just fine.

Hacking in my custom remote control via Steamdeck over Lora next! 😁

I think I am way too excited about something so simple 😅

Never tried these sort of things before (always just soldered and shrink wrapped my wires or crimped dupont) but I needed 12 wires (drone motors) to be easily disconnectable.

3D printed drone here:
makerworld.com/models/236234

Last pic is me not realizing I was walking around my house with my lenses on until I coughed on the porch 🤣 I'm sure others can relate!

Just got the first breaths of life into my esp32 based fpv drone 😁

github.com/stars/KeithH...

I have a problem!

note: Dell keyboard a temporary thing :P

I did not know about the Pokemon TCG app until I saw it in my feeds here.

I hate you, thanks. Where did my Sunday go?

For the wiring, I was planning on doing something equally weird, another itch I have. I want each key wired to multiplexers. I know, I know. But with some basic PCB design, it's fairly simple. And the code would be... mostly straightforward?

2 multiplexers per side, with an esp32 to handle logic

But instead of it being big and chonky for each hand (which, I mean... I really want to build a clavert too), what if it was a qube?

The bottom side would be some sort of base - ideally something that can clamp down somewhere, or other weirder ideas I have.

Initial Commit

A few images of recent projects.

Working on a custom keyboard Qube, an esp32 controlled drone, and helping my son with his 3D printing business.