Hello world,
After the “success” of the Pinnacle 65, I reckon it’s time to “debut” what I’ve been working on for a long time.
This is a macro/numpad that I’ve been working with Fusion 360 since late 2018 since I had the idea. The main design idea is to fit a screen, as well as numpad support in the form of a Gameboy cartridge.
Along the way, it has undergone a numerous changes in design, and now I’ve finally (mostly) settled on a design that I’m happy with.
Updated render 19 October 2020
The features in this board are:
3.12” OLED screen
Uses Ai03 Unified USBC daughterboard
Hotswap / solderable PCB
Top mount
No external screws visible when assembled
RGB strip at bottom
To do list:
Brain storm for a better name, as “GBApad” technically means Gameboy Advance Pad. But this is a Gameboy cartridge. Name suggestions welcome! Pixelpad.3D print the design to test for fitment Fits! Outsource PCB design and firmware writing
Firmware writing for SPI (OLED screen) to interface with QMK
Old renders
More
I can also be contacted on discord at Artemie#3490
Credits:
#kb-kustom community from Mechkeys discord who made spend ludicrous amounts of money in this hobby and still feel that it ain’t enough
Caleb (beamingrobot) from Monokei.co who urged me on to finishing the design
Yiancar for helping to work on PCB and firmware