BB Steno (BBS)

BBS

A bare-bones stenography keyboard. No bells or whistles. Simple, cheap, effective, steno.

  • Keyboard Maintainer: Kyle McCreery
  • Hardware Supported: BBS v0.1, v1.1
    • v0.1 PCBs were miswired for WS2812 RGB LED strips. As the data pin is the same, a strip could still be added with some handwiring.
  • Hardware Availability: BBS on MechWild

Make example for this keyboard (after setting up your build environment):

make mechwild/bbs:default

Flashing example for this keyboard:

make mechwild/bbs:default:flash

See the build environment setup and the make instructions for more information. Brand new to QMK? Start with our Complete Newbs Guide.

Bootloader

Enter the bootloader in 3 ways:

  • Bootmagic reset: Hold down the key at (0,0) in the matrix (assigned to the top left key) and plug in the keyboard while holding it.
  • Physical reset button: Press and hold the boot0 button on the blackpill, tap and release the nrst button on the blackpill, then release the boot0 button.
  • Keycode in layout: Press the key mapped to QK_BOOT if it is available.