Clacky40:

Yet another replacement Board for the Daisy40. Running with a RP2040, adapted from elmos:

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Status:

• PCB tested, Vial support available, working
• compatible with Case!
• minor issue with footprint fixed, pcb is fully functional now (see #3 )

Features:

• RP2040
• (TODO) ZMK support
• VIAL / QMK support
• supports two encoders
• additional layout options
• additional pinouts for additional LEDS ( 5V+, GND, GPIO)

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Layouting:

Firmware:

pre-compiled file for vial can be found in the "/firmware" section. To enter the bootloader - which is necessary in order to flash a new firmware - press both buttons on the back while its plugged into your computer. It should show up as a regular usb-stick in your file explorer now and you can drag the .utf onto this usb-stick. Once done it will restart and use your newly flashed firmware! You can confirm that everything went well by opening Vial or listing the available usb-devices (lsusb in lin)

Alternatively one could download my fork of vial-qmk here and compile the firmware themself. For that you will have to:

1. have set up qmk and be ready to compile and flash. ( See qmk setup or consult the qmk tutorial)
2. find my keyboards, under ../keyboards/scattereddrifter/* and choose clacky40.
3. make your changes
4. compile with qmk compile --kb scattereddrifter/clacky40 --km yourKeyMap

Getting PCBs:

Gathering PCBs is fairly simple, at least with JLCPCB ( which I usually default to and base my workflow around). under the /production/* section you can find a zip-archive that contains the required gerber for the newest version of this board.

1. upload the *_gerber.zip to JLCs website and select your prefered parameters ( pcb color, etc)
2. select "assembly" if you want to order this pcb fully assembled with MCU etc
3. you will now have to supply the positions and bom (bill of materials) as .csv. You can find those at /production/assembly/* and should then upload them accordingly.
4. check whether every component is selected in the BOM-overview ( pinouts like J1 to Jx or keyswitches are listed but dont require any component, you can leave them out so to say)
5. finally confirm placement of the selected components ( usually I have them correct them anyway so its more or less a sanity check)
6. you have now ordered pcbs successfully

Images:

| Images of PCB |

| Built with Daisy40-Case from KPrepbulic |

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