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Riv's Macropad

Personal macropad for playing programming, CAD, and playing video games.

Created by avidgamer avidgamer

Hackpad

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alexren alexren ⚡🚀 approved Riv's Macropad ago

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Tier: 4

nice job! you should post a video in #blueprint

avidgamer avidgamer submitted Riv's Macropad for review ago

zsharpminor zsharpminor requested changes for Riv's Macropad ago

Hi! Could you please set your demo link to a link to a video of your project working? Thanks! :D

Tier: 4

avidgamer avidgamer submitted Riv's Macropad for review ago

alexren alexren ⚡🚀 requested changes for Riv's Macropad ago

Hey - you should move this back to design review! This is not a build

Tier: 4

avidgamer avidgamer submitted Riv's Macropad for review ago

avidgamer avidgamer added to the journal ago

Redesigned Lid and Added Caps for Rotary Encoders

I basically thought that the Hackpad lid looked to ugly as-is with how I cut it up, so I redesigned the lid and reprinted it, to fit the keycaps better. I also created and printed caps for the rotary encoders so its easier to use.
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avidgamer avidgamer added to the journal ago

Finished Building the Macropad

Firstly, I started by soldering everything to the PCB, which took about half an hour, because I accidentally burned myself with the soldering iron.
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After that I printed the case and the lid, but unfortunately, the case did not print very well, and I had to cut out all the supports and sand the board.
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After that, I noticed that the key size for the lid was too small, which is odd, because I followed the tutorial, but I just cut the empty space using wire cutters.
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After that I assembled it and uploaded the firmware (which took a long time), and now I'm done!
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CAN CAN ⚡🚀 approved Riv's Macropad ago

Nice hackpad

avidgamer avidgamer submitted Riv's Macropad for review ago

Iamalive Iamalive 🚀 requested changes for Riv's Macropad ago

Hello! Could you please make your PCB a tiny bit more complicated, maybe try adding a rotary encoder or an OLED, maybe a couple more neopixels and some hand drawn art, it's up to you ;) Looks good so far though :D

avidgamer avidgamer submitted Riv's Macropad for review ago

Kai the Jolly Guy Kai the Jolly Guy 🚀 requested changes for Riv's Macropad ago

Hello! Could you please make your PCB a tiny bit more complicated, maybe try adding a rotary encoder or an OLED, maybe a couple more neopixels and some hand drawn art, it's up to you ;) Looks good so far though :D

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avidgamer avidgamer started Riv's Macropad ago

12/19/2025 1 PM - Finished Building the Macropad

Firstly, I started by soldering everything to the PCB, which took about half an hour, because I accidentally burned myself with the soldering iron.
image
After that I printed the case and the lid, but unfortunately, the case did not print very well, and I had to cut out all the supports and sand the board.
image
After that, I noticed that the key size for the lid was too small, which is odd, because I followed the tutorial, but I just cut the empty space using wire cutters.
image
After that I assembled it and uploaded the firmware (which took a long time), and now I'm done!
image

12/19/2025 3 PM - Redesigned Lid and Added Caps for Rotary Encoders

I basically thought that the Hackpad lid looked to ugly as-is with how I cut it up, so I redesigned the lid and reprinted it, to fit the keycaps better. I also created and printed caps for the rotary encoders so its easier to use.
image