before starting the schematic, I wanted to look at other open source Steno boards

found https://plover.wiki/index.php/DIY_steno_writers

• they are cool, but none of them have encoders or OLEDs

omg i just realized my layout is off

i need another two keys on the left side

i did not expect almost all steno keyboards to be not aligned?

thats actually so weird, but ill change my design

i also need to move the bottom row down by 1 unit

how did i make all these mistakes wow

ok that was ez to fix

time to hop on KiCad

watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WXpGTIbxlQ to learn a little bit

got matrix done

using this https://pip-assets.raspberrypi.com/categories/610-raspberry-pi-pico/documents/RP-008309-DS-1-Pico-R3-A4-Pinout.pdf?disposition=inline

schematic done! it was pretty ez

assigned footprint

• spent 5 minutes looking for EC11 + cherry mx footrpints but realized they were built in after alex told me

time to start PCB!

finished the keys, encoders, and pico placement; need to do diodes + OLED

routing time!

oops forgot to flip the diodes… ill do that rn!

routed!

added 3d models for keys

• took so long for no reason

added all the other 3d models… these were shorter!

aight going to call it for a day but great progress today!