Well, I finished a new design for my controller that incorporates some headers for the keypad I want, and then included some empty space near unused pins so I can incorporate new stuff in the future without having to mill and a solder a whole new board.
So I drew up the design, pretty close to the last, except it requires way less jumpers (just two wire jumpers, and then 3 PCB cut out jumpers (3 plate white rectangles with 2 drill holes)) and has those headers.

Anyways, I guess I had the feedrate too fast, or my bit was just getting worn, and it broke halfway through. And it was my last bit until I get more in the mail tuesday I think. Or maybe monday. Dont remember.
If you see that little excuse for a line in the middle of the board, thats where it broke.
So errthang is on haitus till I get dem new end mills in. I really want to get this guy hooked up and make sure the software works right.
Edit: I forgot to mention that I also updated the Controller enclosure/housing/whatevers to allow for a female power jack for a dedicated power supply (instead of using that janky ol' power supply I was using) I bought for like 10 kozlowskis. The new models are uploaded in the PCB Mill 17Jul16 sketchup file, and the new arduino code is also uploaded.
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