dumbpad VS klepcbgen

Bro. I'm in Gent and I recently bought stuff to build 10x dumbpad RGB.

I have been documenting my process where I build a dumbpad, an open-source project created by imchipwood

Some of you may already know the dumbpad created by imchipwood ( https://github.com/imchipwood/dumbpad) which is a 4x4 Macropad with an encoder. I took the liberty to create a new version of the pad that adds hotswap Sockets and per key RGB to the original design.

this: https://github.com/imchipwood/dumbpad

Hello, I'm selling 3 leftover dumbpad v.1.1 after I built 2 for me and my wife.

Dumbpad repo: https://github.com/imchipwood/dumbpad Here you can see all the required information to build the pad. You can install one or two rotary encoders, we include two.

i made dumbpad; It's 4x4 with encoder on the side . On /r/olkb and /r/MechanicalKeyboards, you can search for marco pad for 3x3, 3x4, and so on that supports encoder.

Hi, I've got a dumbpad macropad available - see this post for more info: https://www.reddit.com/r/mechmarket/comments/ltpd93/service_build_service_with_instock_parts_for/ I've also got a range of switches for trying, I haven't had time to update this list lately, but it might give you a rough idea: https://www.reddit.com/user/hectoring/comments/ivppks/switches_available_for_testing/

A low budget build by u/cucumbermemes: impchipwood's dumbpad (git).

As an alternative, you can use a kicad project generator like the one I made : https://github.com/jeroen94704/klepcbgen

If you want to create a mechanical keyboard PCB, there are several dedicated tools for that, including one I made: https://github.com/jeroen94704/klepcbgen

then use https://github.com/jeroen94704/klepcbgen this guide to put it into kicad. the guide is kinda flawed because to make the pcb it used parts that are no longer available but i figured out how to hook up all the switches to a pro micro so its a lot easier and you can actually get the parts.

ok so you make a keyboard layout with this: http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/ and download the json file and then you follow the steps here https://github.com/jeroen94704/klepcbgen and copy paste the codes into command prompt and you get a pcb with you specific layout and all you need to do is connect the traces. but the problem is that there are components that are used and i but not listed so i can make a BOM file so the board can be printed. every time i try to open the schematic view it says there was an error and i don't know what i should do to fix it or even if i can.

Here area some resources: https://makeakeyboard.com/ https://github.com/jeroen94704/klepcbgen https://github.com/BathroomEpiphanies/KiCAD-Keyboard-Tutorial https://wiki.ai03.com/books/pcb-design/page/list-of-kicad-keyboard-parts-libraries

I kinda cheated, theres a tool that takes KLE files and automatically generates a pcb design for them. You still have to connect everything, but it does all the tedious layout for you. Heres the github https://github.com/jeroen94704/klepcbgen

A custom PCB by u/bigbrobewatching (pics). What's more interesting though, is the workflow: KLE, KLE PCB generator I wasn't aware of & the firmware builder by Ruiqi Mao.

Here’s the github https://github.com/jeroen94704/klepcbgen Basically you import a json from kle and then it spits out a mostly finished kicad file, so it pretty much takes all the tedious work out of it. You still have to route all the traces but it’s pretty great