Summary of Design a Keyboard Pt2: PCB (reupload)

00:00:00 - 00:50:00

This YouTube video is a tutorial on how to design and create a keyboard using a PCB (printed circuit board). The steps include designing a Gerber file, ordering a PCB, and creating custom firmware. The video demonstrates how to connect the various components together and check that the connections match. The user also discusses the importance of using a reputable manufacturer, and how to generate and save the final gerber file.

• 00:00:00 The video demonstrates how to create a keyboard PCB using the software Keycad. The video covers the steps of creating the schematic and the PCB. The libraries needed for the project, including the key switch, diode, and microcontroller, are downloaded and added to the project. The project is then zoomed in and started working on the switches.
• 00:05:00 The designer of the keyboard matrix explains that there are five rows and four columns on the keyboard, and that they designated some pins for the rows and columns. They also show a schematic of the keyboard.
• 00:10:00 The video shows how to create a keyboard schematic, and how to wire it up. The video also explains how to name the switches and diodes.
• 00:15:00 The video shows how to create a keyboard schematic and PCB. The user explains that the PCB needs to have footprints assigned for every component and then associates the components with the footprints.
• 00:20:00 The video walks through the steps necessary to create a keyboard schematic. The key factor to consider when creating the schematic is the size of a key on a keyboard, which is 19.05 mm. Once the schematic is created, the grid size can be changed to make printing easier.
• 00:25:00 This video discusses how to design a keyboard using a PCB, and shows how to move parts around to get the layout looking the way that you want. One issue that is mentioned is that some of the keys are not centered, but this can be fixed by moving them. The keyboard layout is then completed by adding the keys for the user.
• 00:30:00 The video demonstrates how to move keys and diodes on a keyboard PCB so that it is easier to access and program the microcontroller.
• 00:35:00 The keyboard's PCB was designed to have a gap in the middle for the microcontroller, and then another gap for the diodes.
• 00:40:00 This video demonstrates how to make edge cuts on a PCB. The user zooms in to see the cuts and then draws the cuts on the copper layer. Next, the user makes a ground plane and routes all the traces. Finally, the user turns the rat's nest back on so they can see the traces.
• 00:45:00 This YouTube video explains how to design and build a keyboard using a schematic and PCB. The video demonstrates how to connect the various components together and check that the connections match. The user also discusses the importance of using a reputable manufacturer, and how to generate and save the final gerber file.
• 00:50:00 This YouTube video is a tutorial on how to design and create a keyboard using a PCB (printed circuit board). The steps include designing a Gerber file, ordering a PCB, and creating custom firmware.