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2 layers70 × 45 mmMusicController, the printed circuit board in 3D

A little macropad -- last song, pause, next song, a volume knob/mute button, and an OLED showing "now playing".

Size
70 × 45 mm
Copper layers
2
Thickness
1.6 mm
Parts
10
Nets
19
Pads
58
Tracks, vias
50, 0
Routed
Yes
KiCad
KiCad 10.0 (file 20260206)
Created
12 Jun 2026
Updated
12 Jun 2026

Overview

MusicController is an open-source printed circuit board by imhwinters, from the imhwinters/MusicController repository on GitHub. It is a 2-layer board of 70 × 45 mm with 10 parts on 19 nets, routed with 50 tracks and 0 vias.

Its parts include 4 switches and 2 ICs. It belongs with the keyboards and input boards and the ESP32 and RISC-V boards of this library.

README

README.md

Isaac's Music Controller

This is a small project I made for the Hack Club Hackpad YSWS.

image The project is pretty simple -- a bluetooth macropad with three buttons, an EC11 rotary encoder/switch, and an OLED screen. Because I wanted the project to have bluetooth functionality, as well as display custom text (a "now playing" view) on the OLED screen, I decided to write my own custom firmware with PlatformIO instead of using KMK, QMK, or ZMK. Because I wrote my own firmware, I didn't use a diode matrix, which turned out alright because the project only uses four switches.

Schematic + PCB

image image

BOM

Part NameCount
Xiao ESP32C31
EC11 Rotary Encoder1
MX Switch3
DSA Keycaps3
M3x5mmx4mm Heatset Inserts4
M3x16mm Screws4
0.91"" IIC OLED Screen1

Parts

10
QtyValueFootprintReferences
3SW_PushCherry MX Switches:SW_Cherry_MX1A_1.00u_PCBSW1, SW2, SW3
1ER_OLEDM0.91_1x-I2CDisplay:ER_OLEDM0.91_1x-I2CU2
1RotaryEncoder_SwitchRotary Encoder:RotaryEncoder_Alps_EC11E-Switch_Vertical_H20mmSW4
1XIAO ESP32C3Custom Footprints:XIAO-ESP32-C3-DIPU1

The 6 most common of 10 parts.

Questions

How big is the MusicController PCB?

It measures 70 × 45 mm and has 2 copper layers, 1.6 mm thick.

What parts does the MusicController use?

10 parts. The full list of its parts is on this page, with links to each part's symbol and footprint where PCBKit's library has them.

Where can I download the MusicController KiCad files?

From the imhwinters/MusicController repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is PCB/Music Controller.kicad_pcb and its schematic PCB/Music Controller.kicad_sch. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.

Can I use the MusicController design in my own project?

Its repository states no licence, so its author keeps all rights: ask imhwinters before reusing the design.

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