thought about required costs

decided to make BOM for some reason

im going to source a lot of parts from Amazon

• Aliexpress has misdelievered packages
• lot easier to get parts, replace parts, etc.

i alr have a bunch of Picos lying around so i’ll use one of those

PCB probably going to be around $20

realized i need to figure out firmware because it is complex

found Plover (most popular firmware)

ok this is a bit weird but basically I can program the keyboard firmware to be like a regular keyboard but Plover will translate the regular keypresses to Steno

(in this image, I would set the top left key on my PCB to be a “W” on QWERTY which would be translate to the “T” sound on Steno

ok i basically have firmware figured out!

ill use a 7*4 matrix layout so I can get the 2 rotary encoders and make them keys

i tried to draw out the matrix but its hard so ill prob just figure which keys are what after schematic done

nvm ill use 3x10 cause its easier and i have enough keys and it would be easier to route