Swoop

A personal WIP fork of Jim Merricks Sweep, which is itself a fork of a fork...

The projects involves ordering parts, designing, and manufacturing an open-source split keyboard.

Goals

• Get used to parts ordering from AliExpress
• [x]Practice PCB ordering and tweaks
  • Try out PCBWay and JLBPCB
• Soldering practice
  • Buy soldering equipment for a home lab
  • Solder 68 switch hotswap sockets
  • Solder 36 diodes
• Micro-controller programming practice
  • Swapping out the original Pro Micro (Arduino) with an RP2040 alternative
  • Flashing controllers with QMK
  • Set up Pro Micro to full operation
  • Set up RP2040 to full operation
• Develop a laser cutter process
  • Get started with operating a laser cutter
  • Learn to use Kicad for adjusting the plates designs
  • Prototyping plates in cardboard with the laser cutter
  • Adjusting the designs with prototypes
  • Learn about laser cutting acrylic
  • Cut the final plates from acrylic
• Assembly and training
  • Assemble the final product
    • Source correct screws
      • M2 screw requirement was wrong
      • Have to upgrade to M3 screws
      • Find supplier
  • Train to use the new keyboard efficiently