Open-Source Wooden Keyboard/Macropad: DIY Your Way to Productivity

In this video, I'll show you how I built my wooden keyboard/keypad/macro pad. It is an open-source project, so you can download and edit whatever you want.
The video was created with the cooperation of:
JLCPCB ($2 for 1-4 layer PCBs; PCB assembly from $0): jlcpcb.com/SMA
LaserPacker: www.laserpecker.net/collectio...
Project details: smartsolutions4home.com/ss4h-...
How to program STM32?: smartsolutions4home.com/how-t...
My store: store.smartsolutions4home.com/
If you like what I'm doing, consider supporting me:
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[@minimalniemand]

This channel is one of the best elelctronics/DIY channels on this page. Amazingly detailed projects with lots of work put into them instead of useless short lived stuff just to make content. Here, the project is the star. And then there's even source files?? Dude, you're amazing!

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

Thank you so much for such a nice comment! I'm glad you like my content :)

[@robertviens6104]

I Really enjoyed your project. I once heard someone say, "Why Buy Something when you can spend 3 times as much making it yourself" hehe. I enjoyed your sense of Humour! Keep it up, I'll be using this project as a basic guideline for my own Ideas, Which often are above my Pay grade. Nice to have these cutting edge tools too.

[@noelk6990]

Hey Sebastian, you are the right example for "Where there's a will, there's a way".....your videos are just amazing and very informational...Never ever lose your pace.,.Carry on

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

Hi Noel! Thanks! That's really nice of you to say! I'm glad you like my videos. Hopefully, you'll enjoy the next ones too!

[@bricogeekcom]

Excelent work and amazing finish!

[@mestari33]

Beautifully done!

[@ukaszczempik1353]

Szacun... Jak zwykle robisz niesamowitą robotę...

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

Dzięki!

[@NicleT]

I discover your channel through this video of an exceptional quality, Bravo!

[@kaiaphasful]

This is one AMAZING VIDEO!👏

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

Thanks!

[@Comradin]

The wooden one is awesome, very well done!

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

Thank you very much!

[@ryanrinn4041]

That's really cool!

[@gambarimas]

This is the first video of you I see. It was amazing. Immediately subscribed.

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

Welcome aboard! :)

[@magnus-thome]

Wow, you're crazy. And I mean that in a 100% positive way 😄👍 Wood.... And I must say I HAVE to make a pad too, to get faster working in DaVinci. Great idea! I also often follow the "where's the fun in that" rule 😁

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

Glad you like my keypad. And "where's the fun in that" - it's my life motto :)

[@NathanSweet]

Another great video! Thanks for putting the time and effort into making these videos, they are a great inspiration for my projects (which I'm mostly too lazy to share, I'm sorry!).

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

I'm happy to inspire you in your projects! :) But you must show us what you built sometime! :)

[@muscovitagamer]

Bro u made an awesome job! I will do one for myself! Ty so much for the inspiration on this video.

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

Thanks! Once you create your version of the keyboard, be sure to show it off :)

[@Hdhead]

I love it.

[@TestyTV]

Gerat job man!

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

Thanks, Jarek! :)

[@vladoportos]

Excelent work

[@rlux70]

Great project!

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

Thank you!

[@kimjunjae]

Only 11k views ? This is insanity, outstanding work !

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

Wow! Thank you, man! :)

[@Giepie]

Awesome project!👍

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

Thank you!

[@Giepie]

@@SmartSolutionsForHome 😊😉😁 I wanted something like this for myself (I do a little video editing here and there), but a commercial unit is too expensive, and I didn't even know where to start if I wanted to build my own. So I really enjoyed your video! If ever I have the time, I'll revisited your video and build my own 😁

[@KentHambrock]

How do you not have more views?? That was amazing

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

I take that as a compliment, thanks! :)

[@MegaSerif]

Hi Sebastian , it would be nice to see something more about your workshop, especially I am interested in more info about your CNC station and enclosure 10:15. Your videos are awesome btw, keep doing, even if not so often but still great value for us, thank you

[@RafalBielawski]

Świetne!

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

Dzięki!

[@sgsax]

Really cool project and excellent video! Hackaday brought me here, but you've got a new subscriber now. Thanks for sharing!

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

I'm glad you liked my project. I hope you'll like the next ones too :)

[@romankovalenko8430]

The project is very interesting as a concept, as a circuit solution, although for me personally it has no practical interest. It's great that the project is revealed in great detail. I look forward to new interesting projects. Good luck!

[@piranha32]

Your version has one feature, which makes it waaaay better than the original SE: It has a Zoom button! Keep doing great work!

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

Thanks! There is no zoom in the original SE? I was sure it was ;)

[@skabidexe]

You are a ***** genius!😮😅

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

Thanks!! :)

[@DocLois2010]

Genius...

[@planet6091]

Take my sub, this is amazing

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

Thank you!

[@AdamMannProductions]

DAMN, thats great, only thing to make it better would have been if it was Bluetooth really, being able to use it with an iPad would be awesome (I would also add a iPad slot to hold it lol but thats just me...

[@yanluisfermin9958]

Love it, if I could just buy the pcb with everything soldered I definitely would. My skill level is not that high to do it on my own

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

I didn't plan to sell soldered PCBs but write me an email at [e-mail]. We'll figure something out :)

[@AdamMannProductions]

@@SmartSolutionsForHomeI have mailed you about this as well.

[@marcusmayer1055]

Нормально так вийшло)

[@TheLukemcdaniel]

I would suggest using unified remote with an old phone/tablet(or just your daily driver) to get your workflow down and fine tune what you want on it. I'm still planning the physical version, but I used this for a game controller.

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

You know what? I tried it once, and I didn't like it. I like having physical buttons that I can stroke :)

[@PhilGoPro]

hey, thank you very much for this very clever solution. I only recently discovered video editing for myself and of course I also wanted to buy the speededitor, but it's too expensive and I don't know what to do with the multicam buttons. So thanks again for your work.

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

I'm glad you like my video! If you are just starting your adventure with video editing, you don't need to invest in additional hardware. Learn the keyboard shortcuts well instead. After a while you'll decide for yourself whether you need extra keyboard to help.

[@silviorf1]

Great project !!! I was looking for options for a macropad and "found" your channel... Untill now, by far, it's the best option out there. Any specific reason for choosing STM32 as the heart of the unit ?? I was more declined to use pi pico, since I can use micropython for programming...

[@Rob_65]

Classic or modern ? I like both of them but it seems the buttons on the classic one are a bit too much "floating" for my liking. Too much space between them or a bit out of line? I'm not sure, maybe it is just that the plastic of the keys shows a bit too much - something that would be easy to fix though. I started a similar project a few years ago with one of those (optical) CNC jog wheels. At first I did not like the clicky feeling of the detents but when I swapped this for one with a smooth wheel, I immediately loved the clicky style. It gives me a much better control when scrolling frame by frame so this is my personal preference.

[@alejandrodelrosso3808]

El Mateee

[@woofguy]

Modern

[@MakenModify]

awesome keyboard. Was about to design my own but might just use this one ;) One thing I would do differently is the firmware. If you use QMK and ad VIA support you can easily remap the buttons with a nice gui software (VIA) but that's personal preference. Great project and video 👍

[@arpitpradhan5155]

hey, i am stuck at the lcd intigration. can you help me ?

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

Thanks! I was considering QMK, but adding a display and its management convinced me to create my own firmware.

[@howtodostuff1244]

Wow.... ! That's awesome I have the real speed editor but I would love to have yours as well. What software did you use to program the keys?

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

Thanks! The firmware is completely written by me. And, I wrote the whole thing in STM32CubeIDE.

[@howtodostuff1244]

@@SmartSolutionsForHome amazing 👏 can this software of yours be used for other macro keypads?

[@muhammadnasrullah9836]

Nice project Sebastian!....can it be used on other devices?

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

By "other device" do you mean something other than PC/MAC? Most likely yes. I haven't tested it with anything else, but it should be detected by any device as a common HID keyboard.

[@turntuptraney]

how did you program the jog/shuttle/scroll to work with wheel? i cant find the shortcut in dvr! great work btw, i cant possibly make this on my own 😂

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

My Knob isn't quite working like in the original Speed Editor. In JOG mode, it acts as the RIGHT/LEFT Arrow (1 frame), and in SCRL mode, it's Shift + RIGHT/LEFT Arrow (1 second). The SHTL mode is a bit more complicated. Here, I had to create a separate function that monitors the current acceleration level and responds to the next "tick" accordingly. You can find the entire code on my GitHub: github.com/sokolsok/SS4H-Video-Editing-Keyboard P.S. Thanks for the comment :)

[@ei23de]

Hey Sebastian! Hope you are doing well? Did you ever heard about PJON? I have an idea for a ESP32 x ESPHOME x PJON crossover project - Could be an alternative to the KNX bus. We may have chat about that?

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

Hey Felix! Everything is great with me, thanks for asking! I hope everything is going well with you too. Yes, I've heard about PJON, it's a great thing! However, I haven't had much time to delve into the topic. Of course, we can talk about it.

[@MechThumbs]

i think i cam when you installed that key stabilizer.

[@MechThumbs]

modern

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! ;)

[@madhusudand6442]

Hi Sir This is very cool to see Sir I am from India I am Music Producer Can You Make Same type of Controller for my DAW Logic Pro x for me? Because I Liked So much of Classic and Vintage Style Controller like Roland MC 500 Sequence .....?

[@blake1764]

Is the knob something that was custom made or is it something that can be bought?

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

All of this is custom made, but it can be purchased at my store :)

[@Cheesecannon25]

The way you describe not being able to work when you want to reminds me of many ADHD stories, have you got that checked out?

[@martinopatagonia351]

mira, un mate!!! estaba medio lavado

[@fabianmartinez39]

The wood one on Black stain

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

I agree with you! I also prefer the wooden one :)

[@keteveo]

is your space mouse custom, or is it just a 3d printed pad to attach to your space mouse?

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

It's just a 3d printed pad to attach to my space mouse.

[@keteveo]

@@SmartSolutionsForHome great pad attachment then! Thanks for sharing it🥰

[@arpitpradhan5155]

You left the usb connector in the board. please share the link

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

I'm afraid I don't understand the question. Link to what? To a USB connector?

[@arpitpradhan5155]

@@SmartSolutionsForHome there is a usb connector footprint on pcb but the usb connector hardware is missing from BOM. There is two R18 in the BOM i think by mistake you have written R18 twice instead of a R19. And the 1.5k ohm resistor is also missing from BOM.

[@AsheramK]

Terribly sorry but would you mind telling me the names of the bits of music you are using in this video?

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

No need to apologize! Sure, I'll happily tell you what music is playing in the background, but there's quite a lot of it. Which one do you mean specifically? Give me the timestamp of the song you'd like to know.

[@AsheramK]

@@SmartSolutionsForHome Thank you kindly, and I'm foremost looking for the tunes starting at 8:15, 10:20, 13:50, and 20:13, if it wouldn't be too much of a bother.

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

@@AsheramK No problem :) The King's Carpet, Deskant; On a Hunt, Philip Ayers; Sea Adventures, Bonnie Grace; Break Fast, Jules Gaia

[@AsheramK]

@@SmartSolutionsForHome Thank you most kindly.

[@sergeb7945]

You put the [ IN ] key backwards ;)

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

Of course, you're right, I focused on the camera and this is the result. You have a very keen eye! :)

[@SmithyScotland]

Be careful around that Lazer thing. It might reflect off a bit of reflective metal and perform Lazer eye surgery on you.

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

Thanks for the warning. I always use safety glasses when working with the laser. Even with such small (low power) lasers you have to be careful.

[@federicoortiz2868]

Wait what! You’re drinking mate? Where are you?

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

Yeah, I drink mate on a daily basis. I've been doing it for a while and I love it! :) Ps. I live in Poland.

[@federicoortiz2868]

@@SmartSolutionsForHome lol that’s cool! Greetings from Patagonia, Argentina! Keep it up, your channel is great!

[@mpart_woodlathe-stuff]

Well, I'm not quite capable of following through with one of these (me ? 👴). But this is a great vid by any measure not to mention all the supporting work to support all your projects ! Take care and please stay safe. -Mike слава Україні ! героям слава !

[@michac3796]

LGR approves?

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

what's LGR?

[@michac3796]

@@SmartSolutionsForHome *Who

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

@@michac3796 World Health Organization? Hmm.. I don't understand the connection. Could you elaborate?

[@michac3796]

@@SmartSolutionsForHome Jesus, not What but Who is LGR...

[@arpitpradhan5155]

Besides its a good project, the worst part is this man isn't responding to any queries

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

I'm sorry, I'm doing my best. I'll try to work on it and respond faster :)

[@arpitpradhan5155]

@@SmartSolutionsForHome please share the hmi file of nextion display

[@SmartSolutionsForHome]

@@arpitpradhan5155 Sorry for not doing it right away! I have uploaded it to the server now. You'll find it where the rest of the files are located.

[@arpitpradhan5155]

@@SmartSolutionsForHome i have downloaded and checked. The project file is completely blank. There is nothing in it :(