u/LegendaryGogo

Looking for PCB / Electronics help for DIY project!

Looking for PCB / Electronics help for DIY project!

Hey all! I've been scheming up a DIY MIDI DJ Controller (since entry level controllers are rather expensive up in Canada, as opposed to buying electronics for DIY projects). I've got a quick mockup (above) with the features I'm wanting to include, but I have no idea about how to design a PCB or create a wiring diagram and looking to see if anyone could give me pointers! I'm perfectly capable of soldering for the project (I have prior experience), just new to actual design stuff. The actual design of the enclosure that I'll be 3D printing is pending on figuring out what components I'll need so I can take proper measurements and scale it correctly, figured I'd just make something scrappy in MS Paint to get the ball rolling first before going nuts in fusion.

Suggestions for the design itself are welcome as well! The build is somewhat inspired by the layout of the FLX4 but with some removals since I won't have the proprietary pioneer buttons, as well as the lack of any headphone jack on this build since it's more of a beginner learning controller and not something I'm inherently going to be using to play at clubs or whatnot (so it'll likely just only have the microcontroller usb as output). My only real want out of this design component wise is that the buttons (so the sampler pads, shift, cue, play and loop buttons) would use something like gateron low profile switches? I don't know if that's inherently a bad design choice but I think it'd give it nice feel.

https://preview.redd.it/7m4rno2oom0h1.png?width=1832&format=png&auto=webp&s=2a1859a9efa4ebbbdc5955d866bfa19c7f6b04d7

Edited to actually include the image! Not sure why reddit didn't upload it the first time.

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u/LegendaryGogo — 11 days ago