How to Design and Build Your Own Keyboard

This project guides you through designing your own custom keyboard, from the initial concept to the final product. Even if you've never designed anything before, this tutorial will show you how to:

• draw schematic
• design a custom PCB (Printed Circuit Board),
• design a box / case / enclosure
• order and manufacture PCB, Assembly, 3D Printing, CNC

Throughout this project, you'll gain essential skills for designing any electronic product. The end result will be a fully functional keyboard you can use daily. The keyboard is highly customizable—you can modify key shortcuts, create macros, or adjust colors directly in your web browser.

This project is open-source. All necessary files are available on GitHub and other linked resources (mentioned below):

• Finished project (EasyEDA): https://oshwlab.com/robertferanec/custom-keyboard
• Github (HW + 3D + SW): https://github.com/FEDEVEL/custom-keyboard
• Thingiverse (3D): https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6784228

Video Tutorials

To help you follow along step by step, here is the complete series of video tutorials that walk you through the design and creation of your custom keyboard. Each part focuses on a specific aspect of the project:

Part 1: Schematic - RP2040

Part 2: Schematic - Keyboard

Part 3: PCB - Component Placement

Part 4: PCB Layout

Part 5: PCB Layout improvement

Part 6: Case / Box design

Part 7: Manufacturing