Layer by Layer – Cherry MX Gamepad in Eagle CAD

In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to lay out components in Eagle CAD to make a custom PCB. This project will be a gamepad with Cherry MX switches and an Adafruit Feather 32u4 Bluefruit LE. It’s a very basic design that hopefully provides a good introduction to eagle. We’ll quickly learn how to navigate through the interface and use basic tools like add, move, route and wire. \

For more details, see article:
https://blog.adafruit.com/2016/12/12/cnc-milling-a-pcb-for-cherry-mx-switches-othermachine-millingmondays/

Milling out the PCB:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU9kVaKzs-M

Download EAGLE
https://cadsoft.io/pricing/

Download Adafruit Library for Eagle
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-Eagle-Library

Download Cherry MX Eagle Library
https://github.com/c0z3n/cherrymx-eagle

Othermill Pro
https://www.adafruit.com/product/2323

Oshpark
https://oshpark.com/

Jeremy Plum’s EagleCAD tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AXwjZoyNno


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