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Frankie Macropad

by eric-wood · ·

8 keys unibody

MX soldered ATmega16U2 QMK

3D render of the Frankie Macropad circuit board
The bare PCB, drawn from macropad.kicad_pcb. No switches or keycaps: this is the board as manufactured.

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Layouts

Spec

Shape

Body
unibody
Splay
no
Stagger
ortholinear
Key spacing
Non-standard · 19.50 mm

Switches

Switch footprint
MX
Hotswap
Mill-Max, or solder the switches in

Electronics

Controller
soldered ATmega16U2
Connectivity
Wired — the soldered ATmega16U2 has no radio
USB port
— not recorded —
Firmware
QMK (handwired/frankie_macropad)
Firmware targets
ATmega16U2
Key wiring
3×4 matrix, column-to-row diodes
Room for
encoder
Power switch
no
Exposed components
no

Building it

Build method
PCB
Soldering
SMD, fine-pitch (MCU)
SMD required
yes

Licensing

Hardware
all rights reserved — no license stated
Firmware
all rights reserved — no license stated
Documentation
all rights reserved — no license stated

Sources