11/2/2025 10 AM - Started designing the pcb

I decided the layout of the keyboard using Keyboard Layout editor its going to be a 75% (the best %). and started making the schematic and laying out the pcb.

11/2/2025 2 PM - Routed the pcb and added design

Today I routed all the traces of the pcb, cut out the edges, figured out how to do the firmware with qmk and or via, and added the silkscreen image to the front.

11/2/2025 6 PM - rerouted everything, and started on the case and renders

I realized all of the switches were flipped, so i had to flip all of them and reroute the entire pcb. After that I designed a case in fusion and exported it to blender and made some renders.

11/3/2025 - added the mount points to the case and made the docs

Today I made the docs, the bom, finalized the case and also finalized the pcb. This is the hardest part of the project to keep motivation through but atleast im done!

11/4/2025 - I updated the bom and edited the pcb

This past few days I updated the bom because for some reason one of my cables cost 10 dollars, and I was told the schematic was unreadable (it was) so I started to use net labels.

11/6/2025 - fixed drc errors and a schematic error

Today i fixed the schematic error with a missing column, I also aligned the keys in the schematic on a grid. (i hope this is all of the errors i missed)

11/25/2025 - Manually placed every keycap and switch

Over the last few weeks, I have been slowly making progress manually placing all the switches and keycaps, and I am finally done! This was a very inconvenient process but it looks good so who cares

12/15/2025 - Spray painted the case and more

Over the past week I have been slowly working on the keyboard. To start I printed out the case and then painted it.
Then I went and rip cut a piece of acrylic on the laser at my makerspace where I ran into a guy who has a uv printer at his job. So he offered to uv print the design on the back of the acrylic which i immediately accepted.

Today some parts have started to arrive so im looking forward to starting more on the technical side.

1/3/2026 - slight progress on the plate etc

I have been working on this on and off as parts have been arriving. I laser cut out 2 plates. one didnt work. The other one, got all the switches soldered in, but then it didnt work. So i had to desolder all of the switches and here i am.
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1/30/2026 - Hardware done... for now

This took way too long, Over the last MONTH + i slowly had been revising the plate to get it to a state where everything finally fit. After that ordeal, i started soldering all the switches.. AGAIN. Then soldered all the diodes.

1/31/2026 10:32 AM - Software!

After soldering the hardware together I thought the software would be really difficult to do, however, the actual writing of the qmk config was not that bad, neither was adding via support.

1/31/2026 10:35 AM - PROBLEM.

This was the most annoying part of this project by far. When I finally assembled everything, one of the rows would only occasionally work. So I spent the next DAY trying to debug it, and nothing I did worked. I did eventually figure out that the issue somehow was being caused by the internal usb cable being pressed up against the teensy for some reason, so the case needs a redesign.

1/31/2026 10:36 AM - DONE!

I finally killed the ghost in the machine. I redesigned, reprinted, and rebuilt the entire case for the third time with more spacing for the acrylic backplate, AND FINALLY. it works yipee!