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I am very interested in USB / stenography / chorded typing http://tbf-rnd.life/ http://tbf-rnd.life/

by rijoja 7y ago

lmilcin 7y ago
So the idea is to have a kind of blank slate, 40 to 60% ortholinear keyboard, that I will be able to experiment with. The base layout will be a small grid that will fit traditional (ie. dvorak;) layout but that I will also be able to change to my liking. I plan to be able to experiment with 3d printed keys to support traditional steno or maybe some other chorded method. I don't have much experience with steno so I want to keep my options open. Configuration and dictionaries will be provided on an SD card. The keyboard will be reversible (ie. the enclosure such that it will be possible to rotate entire mounting plate with the switches and PCB) to provide negative slope. And yes, it will be RGB because even if the keys are not marked it is still nice to be able to see individual keys in the dark for more complicated Emacs bindings...
- brokenmachine 7y ago
  I currently use an ergodox running TMK with support for Plover. The layout is shown at https://gist.github.com/nelstrom/11232558 https://gist.github.com/nelstrom/11232558 If I were trying to do the project you are talking about, I would experiment with coming up with a way for a Raspberry Pi running Plover to act as a usb gadget to connect to your work PC. I'd think it'd also be quite simple to get Plover to output words over serial to an atmega32u4 that can act as a HID keyboard. So you have keyboard -> RPi with Plover -> Atmega32u4 -> Work PC. Then you don't have to come up with the chording/dictionary support yourself. In fact I've had a very similar project on the backburner myself. I'm planning to eventually end up with an nrf52840 combined with a RPi Zero W, so the entire device can act as a bluetooth keyboard with chording support for any PC or phone that can use a bluetooth keyboard. I haven't made a lot of progress so far however.
  - lmilcin 7y ago
    RPi Zero would be possible to put inside the keyboard (aside from its physical footprint) although it will limit where I can connect the keyboard (due to power drain). But then I will also have to forget about bluetooth and making it battery powered later because 200mA is I think the lowest I could get with this design with bluetooth enabled.
    - brokenmachine 7y ago
      You are right about battery issues with RPi. I was planning to have a way to disable the RPi and have it just act as a basic bluetooth keyboard so I can save battery when I'm not using Plover.

I am very interested in USB / stenography / chorded typing http://tbf-rnd.life/ http://tbf-rnd.life/

by rijoja 7y ago

I am very interested in USB / stenography / chorded typing http://tbf-rnd.life/ http://tbf-rnd.life/

So the idea is to have a kind of blank slate, 40 to 60% ortholinear keyboard, that I will be able to experiment with. The base layout will be a small grid that will fit traditional (ie. dvorak;) layout but that I will also be able to change to my liking. I plan to be able to experiment with 3d printed keys to support traditional steno or maybe some other chorded method. I don't have much experience with steno so I want to keep my options open. Configuration and dictionaries will be provided on an SD card. The keyboard will be reversible (ie. the enclosure such that it will be possible to rotate entire mounting plate with the switches and PCB) to provide negative slope. And yes, it will be RGB because even if the keys are not marked it is still nice to be able to see individual keys in the dark for more complicated Emacs bindings...

brokenmachine 7y ago
I currently use an ergodox running TMK with support for Plover. The layout is shown at https://gist.github.com/nelstrom/11232558 https://gist.github.com/nelstrom/11232558 If I were trying to do the project you are talking about, I would experiment with coming up with a way for a Raspberry Pi running Plover to act as a usb gadget to connect to your work PC. I'd think it'd also be quite simple to get Plover to output words over serial to an atmega32u4 that can act as a HID keyboard. So you have keyboard -> RPi with Plover -> Atmega32u4 -> Work PC. Then you don't have to come up with the chording/dictionary support yourself. In fact I've had a very similar project on the backburner myself. I'm planning to eventually end up with an nrf52840 combined with a RPi Zero W, so the entire device can act as a bluetooth keyboard with chording support for any PC or phone that can use a bluetooth keyboard. I haven't made a lot of progress so far however.
- lmilcin 7y ago
  RPi Zero would be possible to put inside the keyboard (aside from its physical footprint) although it will limit where I can connect the keyboard (due to power drain). But then I will also have to forget about bluetooth and making it battery powered later because 200mA is I think the lowest I could get with this design with bluetooth enabled.
  - brokenmachine 7y ago
    You are right about battery issues with RPi. I was planning to have a way to disable the RPi and have it just act as a basic bluetooth keyboard so I can save battery when I'm not using Plover.