I mean its just a pad.. like thousands out there.. and its not cheap.. like they advertize.. it would be cheap for 10 bucks.. like i can get a entire keyboard for 10 bucks .. by logitech.. If u want to create a pad just order the 2-3 parts.. put them together.. coulve made this for about 5 bucks and sold it for 10..
@larsvegas1505 please send me the link for logitechs 10 dollar pad because i cant find any. 10 bucks is a piece of cheap plastic no matter what logo or brand they stamp on it it still came from the same factory for that price
good idea? lol these have been available for 30 years at this point lol not sure why someone would buy this over the name brand ones. hell, most keyboards come with software defined macros
@@theotherguy6155 Name brand products tend to be more expensive. Sometimes the non-name brand tend to do the same with the same sort of reliability and less bloatware in the way of software too.
That's just how it work. People in lower income country happy to sell them for 10usd but they exported it to 1st world country and mark them up to 30usd for extra profit that literally cost them
@PROTADESIGNS I would, can you share some of the resources you learned from? I want to learn some basics so I have an easier time with the course next semester
@@PROTADESIGNSI am interested in resources about manufacturing (what do you mean learning to speak to manufacturers? What should I learn?) I am already a software developer, but wishing to learn more about hardware development
@@Easohik a lot of it is like what are the standard things you need to provide them or instructions on how it is to make what you need. For example PCB’s you need gerber files, or for packaging there are templates you could follow or you could go completely custom and create a 3D model as well as png files to send them along with exact measurements for your box.
Ah but when it pops up in the shorts, like this, its 100% an ad. Only difference is this one is actually useful unlike most of the ads like this@@cbsk
could you post a long video about how and where you learnt to code, build a PCB and basically the steps you had to go through. As this might inspire more people.
Dude, those are fairytales! You just can’t do a product in 6 months/1Year without knowing anything about mechanics, electronics and programming. Some stupid people spend 4-6-8-10 years in school to become experts in such domains and some random guys with zero experience just did it in 6 months. Come on. If you want to learn, youtube and chat gpt for programming are the best and cheapest tools.
@@P.A.T.I think they learned to build the product in 6 months not be field As the guy designed and other wrote a framework these things they already know
KiCad for PCB design and C++ for code. That's all you'll need. I believe you can build this on your own in a year. Yeah if you want to make the case then some 3D cad software or blender. Good Luck!
As someone that specializes in additive manufacturing as part of my career, you should really look into more robust manufacturing methods as in the long-run, it becomes faster and cheaper than the 3D printing. Injection molding is the next step. As cool as 3D printing is, right now the plastic version is left mostly to prototyping.
You should paint the box to hide the 3d printed lines (yes maybe the price will have to rise from like 60 to 65-70 but I think it would make the whole thing feel a lot more sleek and high end ngl.
I had never even heard of a macropad and its a whole industry, the world is so big. I think people come up with the same ideas that fail because they dont expand their world view, whats out there, Never stop learning and meeting new people
For 54€ its definitely a lot cheaper than the Stream deck or similar but the shipping costs to Germany are absolutely insane, i would like to buy it but dang.
While I very much appreciate this creativity and enterprenuership orientation, what I still don't get is how people fund such projects. I have tried to work and build personal projects at the same time and it has been extreemly difficult, any advise would be very much appreciated.
@@PROTADESIGNS You could also do a just linear slider and knobs too, I would probably pay more for that. I work in the lighting designworld, and consles can be +2000 dollars. A solid MIDI/macro pad with sliders would be hugely popular. Or, as some companies have tried and failed to do, you could make the products combine together with contact pins and magnets. That way you could have multiple different controls, all with one USB output and all connected.
@@DejectedCat The thing is we didn’t, I myself worked a full time job and saved up to afford everything and once we launched I was able to quit. Sad truth is not every company gets investors or is a Silicon Valley startup. But we are in it for the long run, so expect more great products from us :)
This is pretty dope if someone doesnt wasnt to shell out money for a stream deck for example. Also customizing with keycaps and switches helps add personal touch. May have to buy one just to mess around at my desk
My question before you identified they were too expensive, did you see if the market wanted a cheaper one? At this point did you found your business off of price incentive therefore competing only on price? I saw the other thing you mentioned was the ease of setup. Was this your unique value proposition?
Please, all I need to know is how you learned to design your own PCB. I’m trying to design headphones and earbuds and I just dont want them to suck lol
I love this generation because we see a product and like it could be tech or cloth or anything and we are like nah its too expensive or its not exactly what i want and we are like i can make it myself and we actually do it and make life better for many other people aswell in the process😂
Could the same not be achieved with a cheap-ass USB numpad and a bit of software? - Then again, I suppose you're paying for the convenience of not having to deal with all that. I respect the grind of making your own product though 🎉
@@vuza752 Its actually harder than it looks, a lot of people love to just say "a bit of software" but you have to understand things like which mcu they are using, what configurations and definitions need to be added, as well as compiling with custom libraries that you have to understand their syntax of how they designed the library. So its not just "a bit of code" and thats also asuming that the one you buy is reprogrammable🤧🤧
@@PROTADESIGNS I mean, every keyboard is just sending keycodes over the wire, those keycodes are then remapped to characters or effects inside the operating system. There's no reason why a kernel-space driver or configuration of a kernel module couldn't react differently to the keycodes, perhaps triggering callbacks to fire off events. It's just key presses that triggers keycodes. The 'S' on the keyboard can just as easy become an 'O' with another keymap.
Find it at protadesigns.com!
ONLY IN SKIBIDI OHIO SIGMA RIZZ!!!
@@pugorilla8848 Hes younger than 15 for sure
@@pugorilla8848 NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Can I get the top piece as an STL? lol I just want to print a custom top color for myself lol
@@charliekealoha we provide the STL files in our discord! You can find the invite link under the connect tab of our website :)
Now this is real business and not like typical drop shipping gurus on tiktok. Great work and i hope yall do well
Thank you!
I mean its just a pad.. like thousands out there.. and its not cheap.. like they advertize.. it would be cheap for 10 bucks.. like i can get a entire keyboard for 10 bucks .. by logitech.. If u want to create a pad just order the 2-3 parts.. put them together.. coulve made this for about 5 bucks and sold it for 10..
@larsvegas1505 please send me the link for logitechs 10 dollar pad because i cant find any. 10 bucks is a piece of cheap plastic no matter what logo or brand they stamp on it it still came from the same factory for that price
@@martinmartinpu It itsn even a pad its a fullsize keyboard.. like the k120.. u can get them anywhere for about 10 bucks.. been like that long time.
@@larsvegas1505why the hell you possibly May want two full keyboards in your desk?
Nice to see people actually come up with good ideas and turn them into products instead of just reselling aliexpress garbage
good idea? lol these have been available for 30 years at this point lol not sure why someone would buy this over the name brand ones.
hell, most keyboards come with software defined macros
@@theotherguy6155 Name brand products tend to be more expensive. Sometimes the non-name brand tend to do the same with the same sort of reliability and less bloatware in the way of software too.
I have bad news for you :
1. This is a good idea, just not theirs.
2. It is Aliexpress garbage. Just with a shiny youtube channel.
@@RokonGaming Most of the name-brand macro-pads I’ve seen cost around $30-$40 while theirs costs $59. Not sure what point you were trying to make…
That's just how it work. People in lower income country happy to sell them for 10usd but they exported it to 1st world country and mark them up to 30usd for extra profit that literally cost them
they dropped the 6 months of work like it was a side note 💀
@@besher532 haha most people don’t usually like to hear the details sadly😭🫡
@PROTADESIGNS I would, can you share some of the resources you learned from? I want to learn some basics so I have an easier time with the course next semester
@@besher532 TH-cam has a lot lot of great resources but I would say start with trying to make a basic macro pad from an arduino micro that has usbc!
@@PROTADESIGNSI am interested in resources about manufacturing (what do you mean learning to speak to manufacturers? What should I learn?) I am already a software developer, but wishing to learn more about hardware development
@@Easohik a lot of it is like what are the standard things you need to provide them or instructions on how it is to make what you need. For example PCB’s you need gerber files, or for packaging there are templates you could follow or you could go completely custom and create a 3D model as well as png files to send them along with exact measurements for your box.
Bruh, i pay for yt premium and still get ads💀
lol
not an add, it's self promotion
Ah but when it pops up in the shorts, like this, its 100% an ad.
Only difference is this one is actually useful unlike most of the ads like this@@cbsk
😂
XD I'm sorry bro
All of these stories always leave out the most important part: how did you fund and finance this before you had a working product?
@@Wistbacka we will be posting a video soon about this!
they are already rich
@@PROTADESIGNShas the video been made yet? I’d also be interested in how you started to get into talked with manufacturers.
Ok, it took me about a minute to find this product online. I recommend pinning a comment in every short that links to your product.
They did, but youtube removed the ability to embed links in youtube comment sections 😭🙏
@@4head_high57 and that's why we can't have nice things. 🫠
It took me 10 seconds
@@randomgamer4357it took me -1 seconds
Not in the comments but video
🔥🔥 I always love seeing fellow builders succeed 🔥🔥🔥
could you post a long video about how and where you learnt to code, build a PCB and basically the steps you had to go through. As this might inspire more people.
Dude, those are fairytales! You just can’t do a product in 6 months/1Year without knowing anything about mechanics, electronics and programming. Some stupid people spend 4-6-8-10 years in school to become experts in such domains and some random guys with zero experience just did it in 6 months. Come on.
If you want to learn, youtube and chat gpt for programming are the best and cheapest tools.
@@P.A.T.I think they learned to build the product in 6 months not be field
As the guy designed and other wrote a framework these things they already know
@@GreatTaiwan that's an ai promotion bot
KiCad for PCB design and C++ for code. That's all you'll need. I believe you can build this on your own in a year. Yeah if you want to make the case then some 3D cad software or blender. Good Luck!
This is insane! Lesson: anything is possible (sometimes your geo-location helps but yeah, it's possible)
It's really satisfying to see whole proccess. Hardware and Software. 🎉 Amazing.
As someone that specializes in additive manufacturing as part of my career, you should really look into more robust manufacturing methods as in the long-run, it becomes faster and cheaper than the 3D printing. Injection molding is the next step.
As cool as 3D printing is, right now the plastic version is left mostly to prototyping.
@@robster7787 it definitely is but with little money it’s the best way to get started :) thank you though for your kind and helpful words!
Please we need one for complex maths functions and formulas
Hi leon, thanks for reuploading your masterpieces ❤ this video is also of my favorites, it broke your boundaries and made you really confident ❤
You should paint the box to hide the 3d printed lines (yes maybe the price will have to rise from like 60 to 65-70 but I think it would make the whole thing feel a lot more sleek and high end ngl.
This is so cool! Always dreamed of starting something small and making it big with my own ideas. Inspiring stuff 😊🚀
Thankyou for make a good product that works and need skill and not trying to just get us to buy it🎉 Will buy it🎉
Just ordered one within seconds of seeing this clip. I’m excited to try it out!
Now this is how to run a business ❤
i wish i had a friend like yours
Hi
Love the story I myself like to be an entrepreneur in the future and your short gives me motivation. Hope you guys the best.
Awesome work, congratulations guys!
Nice to see people do some hard work and create a business from scratch. Inspiring stuff!
That's amazing. Great job.
Personally, I would never start a company without knowing what we are doing or planning.
I had never even heard of a macropad and its a whole industry, the world is so big. I think people come up with the same ideas that fail because they dont expand their world view, whats out there,
Never stop learning and meeting new people
Love this!!! Great job
Amazing summary!🎉
Congrats, great work from 🇦🇺
This is really amazing, ❤ thanks for the motivation
For 54€ its definitely a lot cheaper than the Stream deck or similar but the shipping costs to Germany are absolutely insane, i would like to buy it but dang.
But what did you learn?? How did you learn ?? And Where did you learn ???❤
Rare to see an actual guy making a product. Not just random kid drop shipping items. Subbed!
Alot of people on TH-cam showcase their products they create or innovate.
@@jhaimp.sullivan5618They kinda get overshadowed by those dropshipper. Which is quite sad..
Love the journey, and wish you continued success!
Not least so you could maybe do one with rotating dials that are precise and not mushy 👀?
I need this dedicated and patient friend
Keep it up!
Looks nice! Great job guys!
I love keyboard & I love 3D printing, this is best of both worlds
@@notchipotle same for us!
Congrats! :)
I did this too! designing and learning cad thru keyboards was so fun during the pandemic
Great job guys! Keep it up!
Nice to see this pls make a documentary on it
Greatt stuffff 🔥🔥! Keep updating and improving. Love ur work
Good luck lads. 🎉
i'm really happy just for see how you guys make reality something new to you
Sending you and your team congratulations for all the hard work you and you partner shared a vision and a dream together
This is a true inspiration
GUyyyys Can you make a version without the 3d printed part. So when we buy it we can print our own design 😊
U guys are really cracked
I wish to work with people like this, I'll give it my all
Great to see other people success! Keep up the good work boys.
This is inspiring.
I like your Story. You wanted to build things, you made things. Good job, buddy!
It wouldve been a very watchable series if you made this project into videos.
Bro's casually made a year of hard work, mental health in a short while others would have made a movie.
Prototypes are important to test the capability of business , so we can dive in it like ocean
While I very much appreciate this creativity and enterprenuership orientation, what I still don't get is how people fund such projects. I have tried to work and build personal projects at the same time and it has been extreemly difficult, any advise would be very much appreciated.
that is beautiful ! congrats
Hey! Great job, this is very inspiring! Where did you order the packaging from?
This short video fully gets reflected myself...
you are perfect :)
Good on ya lads. But did you test the market fit for this? Seems no one needs this at all
It's Ali express reselling
This is amazing
Next idea: printed pad v2-now with a linear slider
@@Dragon_Chef_24 haha close! It will have a 240x240 lcd, and 2 knobs :)
@@PROTADESIGNS You could also do a just linear slider and knobs too, I would probably pay more for that. I work in the lighting designworld, and consles can be +2000 dollars. A solid MIDI/macro pad with sliders would be hugely popular. Or, as some companies have tried and failed to do, you could make the products combine together with contact pins and magnets. That way you could have multiple different controls, all with one USB output and all connected.
But whatever you do, RGB is essential
@@Dragon_Chef_24 haha sorry unfortunately rgb is the one thing we have decided to leave out of our design philosophy😅
You guys should sell keycap kits with different general designs on them, a mic Button and others
This is a much better version of the "prototype vs final product" trend
I have an idea but no energy to implement 😂 but have energy to watch shorts
I hope a Brazilian version comes out so I can buy it :')
How long did it take to make, from idea to product?
You skip the most important part. How did you guys get the fund to do this?
@@DejectedCat The thing is we didn’t, I myself worked a full time job and saved up to afford everything and once we launched I was able to quit. Sad truth is not every company gets investors or is a Silicon Valley startup. But we are in it for the long run, so expect more great products from us :)
This is pretty dope if someone doesnt wasnt to shell out money for a stream deck for example. Also customizing with keycaps and switches helps add personal touch. May have to buy one just to mess around at my desk
How did you start talking to manufacturers?
great design but I think a rotary encoder/knob on the side is missing
Respect. Pure and simple.
Hell yeah! 💯Respect! You deserve to Pat yourself on the back for this. Brilliant, stupendous.
Just ordered it 🙏🏻my friend have it's the fucking best
Inspiring ❤
Good work you guys follow your dreams!
Now this is the Real "Prototype" - "Final Product" unlike those Drop ship ahh ones one Shorts
GOOD JOB BRUV!
how did you market your product to get your first order when you first started?
My question before you identified they were too expensive, did you see if the market wanted a cheaper one? At this point did you found your business off of price incentive therefore competing only on price?
I saw the other thing you mentioned was the ease of setup. Was this your unique value proposition?
Me when i recognize CSUF, good inspiration for someone going there right now
This is really cool and I'm happy for your success, but how is it any more useful than a separate numpad keyboard with rebinded keys?
I love the part you said about serving the community! Our whole existence finds meaning in service
How much does it cost compared to other macropads?
Can you make a story on how/when you included build the/a community around it - or did you do the product first and startet from there?
Put a tactile dial on it & it'll be perfect
You should make a module version
your journey is worth to recreate
you make it appear easy
Was excited to buy, turns out bit too expensive for me😭
Please, all I need to know is how you learned to design your own PCB. I’m trying to design headphones and earbuds and I just dont want them to suck lol
I love this generation because we see a product and like it could be tech or cloth or anything and we are like nah its too expensive or its not exactly what i want and we are like i can make it myself and we actually do it and make life better for many other people aswell in the process😂
Yikes, 9 keys for the price of a full keyboard
@@iHeartZigg 4 key maps, 9 keys, 36 Reprogrammable keys for macros, if that’s not enough macros for you, then idk what is😭😅
Could the same not be achieved with a cheap-ass USB numpad and a bit of software? - Then again, I suppose you're paying for the convenience of not having to deal with all that.
I respect the grind of making your own product though 🎉
@@vuza752 Its actually harder than it looks, a lot of people love to just say "a bit of software" but you have to understand things like which mcu they are using, what configurations and definitions need to be added, as well as compiling with custom libraries that you have to understand their syntax of how they designed the library. So its not just "a bit of code" and thats also asuming that the one you buy is reprogrammable🤧🤧
@@vuza752 and thats just the tip of the iceberg
@@PROTADESIGNS I mean, every keyboard is just sending keycodes over the wire, those keycodes are then remapped to characters or effects inside the operating system.
There's no reason why a kernel-space driver or configuration of a kernel module couldn't react differently to the keycodes, perhaps triggering callbacks to fire off events.
It's just key presses that triggers keycodes. The 'S' on the keyboard can just as easy become an 'O' with another keymap.
Nice this how work should be😊👍 but what is it and for witch use u need this?
Looking for people like that in Vegas! Seriously, I'm starting my tech company!
Well done guys, glad for your success
i do needed a macro pad so i purchased streamdeck by elgato & I think you should also include a screen
Love seeing the Asus Tuf A16 in the begining of the video. That model is amazing. Don't know what model thr one on the left is though.
@@yishaiamatai YESS AHAH I love it so much, not sure of the exact model though haha
Did you certify it? Like with a CE and FCC certification testing?