Random_Remote

So I've finished the PCB layout using kicad my favourite schematic capture program. I'm still awaiting the PCB to come back from oshpark.com but should be in any day now so I can start stuffing the board and cutting the needed holes in the enclosure.

So my enclosure arrived from China, was about the size I was expecting it to be. The arcade button just fits in the height of the enclosure which is why I choose it in the first place.

That's the good thing about having a big enclosure is that you have plenty of space for the PCB and battery. I think I'm going to be using the enclosure upside down so I don't have to have long wires for when I need to take the lid off while finishing off the firmwar

There are so many great enclousures on ebay and aliexpress. I felt like goldilocks trying to pick the right enclosure, Non were quite what I wanted.

I eventually picked one but its coming from china so I wont know if its the one till it comes

One of the problems in picking was the hight of the arcade button. I wish someone would make a slim line arcade button.

I have wrote the HID build button code but I can only upload it with the arduino IDE, I normally use the Arduino-MK makefiles. I did get the chance to try out the external editor function in the arduion IDE, Works really well if like me you need it but write the code in VIM

So after some testing and debating with myself I have finally settled on the hardware I'm going to be using. I'm going to be keeping it as simple as possible and not let feature creep creep in.

I'm going to be using a Arduino leonardo pro micro so that I can use it as a HID device as well as a random remote.

I'm going to be powering this with a lipo battery circuit I designed with a switch so if you do use it as a HID device it wont be charging the battery all the while.

I have ordered a light up arcade button, I was going to be going with an emergency stop button but the enclosures they come in are all too small for PCB and battery gubbins to fit in. I'm still on the hunt for a enclosure but as of writing I haven't picked one yet .

P.S. Why the hell doesn't anyone make a female micro USB port that panel mountable. The one I normaly use is a panel mountable USB D female port