Utopen Stenoboard Slim

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This steno board is inspired by Emanuele Caruso's design, but I took creative liberties to enhance its functionality and aesthetics.\r\nI kept the key panels intact while modifying the case and upgrading the electronics.\r\nBy choosing to hand-wire it, I opted for a more traditional approach instead of using a printed circuit board.\r\nTo achieve this, I designed three combs that hold the switches using OpenSCAD and added them to Autodesk 360 Fusion.\r\nThe new case is sleeker than the original, with its height determined by the total height of the switches.\r\nAfter discovering fragile legs on some of the switches, I decided to leave them straight and made the board thicker than initially planned.\r\nA ProMicro controller powers this steno board, running QMK/Planck based firmware.\r\nIn essence, electronically speaking, it's a split Planck board with modified layout.\r\nThere are three layers: two for Plover (TX Bolt and QWERTY modes) and one default layer that allows switching between them.\r\nThe halves are connected via an HDMI cable, proving to be surprisingly handy for keyboard projects.\r\nWith 19 lines available, this setup is more than sufficient for my needs.