Starbie

My Starbie Project

using hack club half life, my alternative version of starbie, is inspired by the among us characters, something id randomly thought of, Starbie was actually a pretty cool idea, im glad that its something fun that i would be intrested in using.

I think during this project, i got to understand KICAD ALOT more, for exmaple i never even knew about datasheets and how to find corresponding foortprints, ive found that i actually enjoy it alot more aswell.

This is a schematic picture. I also found it intresting that you could use a basic 1_4 connection pin point, that definetly took me while to get the hang off.

Friday 9th October -12:04 Alright, so far ive started to learn pcb design, as of yet ive designed a pcb, this was actually a really good guide, now i for sure know how to make a schematic, at first i thought everything had to be connected to each other, and now i know how to turn it into a pcb design, and solving issues, like the courtyard error, showed me lots of feats that were included in kicad. Footprints are important. I just need to improve on how to find the actual footprints and components for exmaple by looking at a datasheet.

as you can see this is my pcb design, my only worry is the shape looks abit dodgy, but surely i can file it down, that is if it can be made.

in the future i hope to be able to code more, something i stuggled with here, as i was mostly trying to understand the code, and didnt write much only a little.

Cost summary

• Total component and PCB cost: $12.83
• Estimated shipping cost: $17.13
• Total estimated cost: $29.96

this is a 3d render of my pcb showing how it would actually look when pcb is printed and where components would go.

i didnt use ai for the project the only place was creating the BOM table above, thanks for reading.