In this guide you’ll learn how to CNC mill keycaps for mechanical key switches.
This part require a custom fixture in order to machine the internal and exterior geometry of the keycap.
You’ll need to use Fusion 360 to customize the tool paths and stock for your desktop CNC machine.
Incoming AdaBox!
Four wonderful times a year, Adafruit puts together a custom curated box of goodies and ships them to a limited number of lucky maker’s doors. Adafruit has already shipped nineteen AdaBoxes, and with each new AdaBox comes a whole bunch of awesome guides on the Adafruit Learning System.
Oh, and it isn’t too late to get AdaBox 020, which ships in about 3 weeks! Get yours here!
ALS Deep Cut
With so many guides on the Adafruit Learning System, some amazing guides of years past get buried and lost. ALS Deep Cuts brings these guides back up to the surface. This week’s guide is from back in 2017.
In AdaBox 004, it’s Boomy The Boombox. Now you can make Boomy into an actual enclosure with 3D printing! Boomy is a super cool boombox that likes good vibrations and enjoys beat boxing. Boomy loves playing music and likes to reminisce about 1980’s culture.
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Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, TinyGO, or even use the Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for CircuitPython, MakeCode, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm of your hand.
Have an amazing project to share? The Electronics Show and Tell is every Wednesday at 7:30pm ET! To join, head over to YouTube and check out the show’s live chat and our Discord!
