hackpad - designing the PCB, case, and code (blog not finished yet - bear with me)

I made this for Hack Club’s Hackpad event.
This is another project I created to make it more intuitive and easy to create music than simply using a traditional mouse and keyboard setup. Having never even thought about creating hardware before, my aim for this was to learn as much as I could while having fun!

step 1: PCB design

I based my PCB design off on the event’s tutorial, learning circuit design on the way.

Wiring was satisfying, graphics/deco… not as easy. But definitely worth it.

step 2 - case design

I’m gonna be honest, every minute spent on Fusion360 designing that case was a horrible one. Getting used to just using the software was a challenge, but at the end of it, I’m so much more confident with 3D design in general.

to-do