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What controller should I pick?
« on: Sun, 14 March 2021, 21:58:56 »
I really don't know what controller to pick. I was thinking about the proton c and/or elite c, but the elite is 17.99 and the proton is sold out... I was wondering what would be a good(cheaper) alternative. I will post a link of my kb's layout that I made myself(basically a 60% but with arrow keys) if it matters. Also, off topic but I am not sure whether to add f-keys or not to the layout, is relying on layers really inconvenient? If you cannot answer that question thats fine im mainly looking for an answer to the first question
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Offline a5o

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Re: What controller should I pick?
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 15 March 2021, 01:44:44 »
Pro micro is cheap if the number of pins is enough for your matrix.
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Re: What controller should I pick?
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 15 March 2021, 08:48:25 »
I think it is, so thanks!
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Re: What controller should I pick?
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 15 March 2021, 09:50:10 »

ranked by price: stm32f103 (blue pill), stm32f103, pro micro, Raspberry Pi Pico, stm32f411, teensy 2.0

Pico is DUAL core cortex-M0+, while stm32f411 is single core cortex-M4.

Pico currently not supported by qmk, but supported by circuit python + kmk and may be zmk; all others are supported by qmk.

Most widely used: pro micro/teensy
Lowest cost: stm32f103 (blue pill)
Most feature rich/bang for the buck: pico
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Re: What controller should I pick?
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 15 March 2021, 09:59:20 »
Thx so much!
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