Apex Weekly Update: 2026-02-09 to 2026-02-15

Topics This Week: Testing Website and Infrastructure, Core PCB, Audio routing review, Placing capacitors and resistors

Highlights

Testing Website and Infrastructure

We focused on implementing and testing the website with the basic design idea

Core PCB

We focused on creating our PCB in CAD. We also advanced a 4-layer board, the target board envelope with antenna notch. This clarified next implementation steps for the team.

Audio routing review

We focused on pin mapping across our device so that we were clear and not tying anything to ground that we shouldn't. This clarified next implementation steps for the team.

Placing capacitors and resistors

Being new to PCB design, we focused on things we could and could not do with our PCB as far as placement of different chips is concerned. We experimented with different layouts verifying if they were valid or invalid layours. This clarified next implementation steps for the team.