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Macropad dump
Three macropad projects have been published recently: the VoidPad 9S1E by Tuxic, the POSpad by _vastrox_, and Bitdrive made a case for the Spin.
Published June 6, 2022
Well, there were much more macropads posted of course, but these three have open-source PCBs and/or cases:
VoidPad 9S1E
Voidworkspace aka Tuxic published his VoidPad 9S1E, along with a cool photolog.
(This revision has issues with the OLED screen but is completely functional otherwise.)
Github repo: https://github.com/voidtuxic/voidpad-9s1e
POSpad
_vastrox_ aka kb-elmo shared his POSpad, a 4-key / POS macropad. (POS means "Point Of Sale" in this case, like in cash register systems in supermarkets – these big keycaps are made for those systems.)
Finally finished my 3D printed POS pad. It has a custom USB-C PCB inside and can be configured for either four individual keys or the single big POS key – _vastrox_.
Files on Github: https://github.com/kb-elmo/POSpad
Spin
Bitdrive posted a making-of video of his stylish wooden case for Nicholas Junker's Spin macropad.
GitHub repo of the Spin PCB: https://github.com/Quarren42/SPIN
Published on Mon 6th Jun 2022. Featured in KBD #81.
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