my surname is Fanta so i started thinking about the name of the name for the pad and for some reason I chose FantaPad i think its kinda funny
now let get to the Features of the FantaPad #Features it have 6x buttons 1x rotary encoder with push button The 6x bottons are for shortcuts like copy,paste,cut,delet and so on The rotary encoder is for volume and if you press it, it change layer Layer 1: volume layer 2: Zoom layer 3: Scrub mode The pad feature a RGB lightinglighting
PCB Design:
The PCB was designed in KiCad
Here is the Schematic Picture for the Pad
I will also put images of the 3D print files here:
Here is the down part:
Here is the top part:
Tutorial how to download the python to the board
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Install CircuitPython: Hold the
BOOTbutton on the XIAO RP2040, plug it into your PC, and copy the.uf2file to theRPI-RP2drive. -
Install KMK: Download the KMK Firmware ((https://github.com/KMKfw/kmk_firmware) and copy the
kmkfolder to thelibfolder on yourCIRCUITPYdrive. -
Upload Code: Copy the provided
code.pyto the root of theCIRCUITPYdrive.