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the music box

 11/7/24


Just a couple weeks ago I created a macropad that would accelerate music for music lovers as part of the hackpad challenge. 


It included three components: PCB design, 3d case CADing, and firmware. 


1. PCB design: 
Designed schematic on kicad first. 
Conversion into PCB design. (This is a 3d view). 
Has three keys (pause, forward, play backward) and one OLED that displays the song name.

2. Case CADing 
It took a bit longer than I would have liked to figure out how to move things in fusion.
3. Firmware 
There are still some glitches I have left to fix here. 

Things I want to improve: 
*Maybe make one of the keys a shortcut to Spotify? App cuts take time and I had a time crunch but maybe next time?
*Firmware can be more thought through 

Things I liked: 
*The CADing came out nicely : ) 





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