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Re:System76 Launch Configurable Keyboard with Open Source Code by BeniBoy on Thursday February 11, 2021 @06:12AM (#26100307)
I am the only one that is very ill-at-ease with that PCB [1]? The routing seems.. off? No straight trace, irregular component placement. Its the kind of work where seemingly "superficial" concern like that are in fact quite usefull, a clean PCB makes it easier to find issues and do repairs.

[1]:https://github.com/system76/launch/blob/master/pcb/launch-pc...

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Re:System76 Launch Configurable Keyboard with Open Source Code by RL_Quine on Thursday February 11, 2021 @07:55AM (#26100955)
Looks like it was made with TopoR autorouter.

https://www.eremex.com/products/topor/

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Re:System76 Launch Configurable Keyboard with Open Source Code by myself248 on Thursday February 11, 2021 @11:31AM (#26103524)
Looks beautiful to me. Rectilinear tracks were an artifact of early layout software; there's no electrical need for them.

I find it visually easier to trace tracks that aren't perfectly parallel, too. This is splendid in that regard, pairs are obviously pairs, but their spacing to other pairs is variable (which also suggests slow transitions in impedance rather than step-changes; another benefit).

If anything, this looks like it moves a lot of components out into their own space, where they won't be shadowed by others in case of rework. Looks great to me.

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Re:System76 Launch Configurable Keyboard with Open Source Code by HarryBeadle on Thursday February 11, 2021 @06:18AM (#26100338)
Yeah, this PCB is... horrible.
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