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geekhack Projects => Making Stuff Together! => Topic started by: SNReloaded on Tue, 25 April 2017, 09:30:30
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Hey everyone! I've been working on a keyboard over at https://EasyEDA.com, and I have some questions about PCB design that I want to ask. (My PCB design is here https://easyeda.com/SNReloaded/SNR_Unnamed_PCB-44973685275b4c3b95a39d24d535fb30)
1) How do I say "Here are the edges of the PCB" so that when I order them, they are to the correct dimension?
2) What microcontroller should I use in order to give me access to using tools such as QMK?
3) How/Where do I put mounting holes so that it will working in a standard 60% case?
Thanks!
BTW, this is what the layout of the keyboard is suppose to be.
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Can't be of much help for your first 2 questions but this might help with the mount holes:
(http://i.imgur.com/1N3ORUb.jpg)
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Oh thanks!
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You draw with the wire or arc tool on the board outline layer. (purple)
https://easyeda.com/Doc/Tutorial/PCB.htm#Board-Outline
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2) What microcontroller should I use in order to give me access to using tools such as QMK?
TMK and QMK support Cortex-M and Atmel 8-bit AVR MCUs. In short, your best friend will be Atmel ATMega32u4.
3) How/Where do I put mounting holes so that it will working in a standard 60% case?
Use positions provided by Pwner, as for the actual mounting hole, I use 7 mm plated pads with 2 mm hole diameter and 5 mm hole length for round mounting holes and 12 * 7 oval plated pads with 2 mm diameter and 10 mm hole length for side mounting holes.
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Thank you! This has been very helpful!
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