This is a macropad that is built for helping with complicated functions when writing music in MuseScore. This macropad also features a compact and minimalistic design so it looks nice, and a plateless design which uses less material and provides more flex to each individual key.

Assembly:

1. print out and buy all the parts found in MusePad BOM.csv
2. solder everything together
3. put in the keycaps accordingly (please refer to 3d models prints/Full Assembly.step or reference pictures below for ideal layout)
4. connect the oled to the pins on the PCB using jumper wires
5. sandwich pcb between the top and the bottom case

Firmware:

1. go to circuitpython.org/downloads
2. download circuitpython for raspberry pi pico
3. plug in keyboard to laptop and make sure to use a data transmitting cable
4. open up the pico folder in your computer's directory
5. replace the content of code.py in the pico folder with the one in this repo (root://code/code.py)

I love composing music, and MuseScore is one great free composing software. However, whenever I want to compose efficiently, musescore hinders me significantly. Each detail I add to the music either requires too much shortcut memorization or it would take ages to find so I built MusePad to solve this problem.

I first came up with some drawings of the design to make sure I knew how the layout kind of looked like. Then I made the schematic and PCB design on keycad, mostly following a tutorial (refer to the first resource link). I made the CAD on onshape mostly using skills I already had based on my past experiences, and for details that I don't really know, I referenced the hackpad guide (link no.2 in resource section). I also learned how to cad a keycap following a youtube tutorial (link no.3) which was really interesting.

Schematic Diagram:

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Assembled Model::

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