Jul 28, 2026, 8:59 AMSo I had three options:
- Get a 0.6mm FR4 PCB, bend it and hope for the best. Probably won't end well.
- Get a flex PCB. Probably too unstable for the big parts and connectors.
- Make a semiflex board myself by keeping some strips free of copper and parts on the top layer, then milling them down.
I decided to test the third option with some scrap boards and, apart from me not really having any experience with milling, I think that's a viable solution!
Jul 29, 2026, 7:52 PMPCB design done! This will do:
- Eye light
- Horn lights left and right
- Fans
- Spare output
- Inputs for 2 side buttons for control/navigation
- 1 tongue activated button to control basic things hands free
- 1 boop sensor input
- Display for inside the head to show me what I'm doing with e.g. the tongue button
- amplifier for speaker to play sounds e.g. when booped OR to use as a crappy bluetooth speaker as a gag since the controller has Bluetooth
- SD card for storing sound files
Aug 11, 2026, 6:53 PMParts, PCBs and stencil arrived, yay. Not so yay: The stencil...
Jul 28, 2026, 9:15 AM@janamarie *applies a gentle bap*
@cato :neocat_melt_blep:
@cato the important distinction, your mistake or theirs?
Aug 11, 2026, 7:06 PM@JennyFluff theirs
@cato good. go hiss at them!