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04 · 2024
Role
Solo
Stack
KiCad · C · RP2040
Status
Ongoing

Solder
&
Sketch

Field-notebook of homemade circuits, PCB layouts, and first-pass schematics. A record of things that worked and things that smoked.

[ project image / demo ]

What this is

Not a product — a log. Every circuit I've built since 2024 lives here: schematic, layout, notes on what failed, and what I'd change. The 36-key keyboard is the current chapter.

Current build

A split 36-key keyboard around an RP2040, hand-wired on a custom PCB. Low-profile Choc v2 switches, QMK firmware, wireless half still in progress. The case is designed in FreeCAD and will be milled from aluminium.

What I keep learning

Hardware has no undo. Every mistake is physical and costs real time. That constraint forces a clarity of thought that software sometimes lets you skip — you can't ship a schematic and patch it later.