[TriLUG] Reminder Creating Embedded Linux Stenography + Elections!

[Maryam Abkar via TriLUG]

Hello folks!

as a reminder, our next meeting is next week Thursday! (May 14th) where
Bennet will talk about his Embedded Linux Project! also this month we are
running elections!
 if you would like to nominate yourself or someone else, feel free to do so
at the form here
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https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfuK-kWmXICsSf0kiynuDYKdYOP5eHTI-a2HnatjRM2ZCIuFw/viewform>
-- we also accept on the spot nominations day off, if you would like! there
will be blank spots on the ballot for such folks :)

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*Topic:* Creating Embedded Linux Stenography
*Presenter:* Bennet Petzold
*When:* Thursday, 14 May 2026 - 7:00 to 9:00pm
*Where:* North Carolina College of Textiles, room 2207 at 1020 Main Campus
Drive, Raleigh NC, 27606
*Summary:  *Bennett will be covering making a custom stenographic keyboard
this month (it may not be fully done...)! He will discuss what stenography
is, what open source things people have made for it, and how to get from
designing a PCB to making an embedded Linux image. This will touch on
KiCAD, ordering PCBs, assembling them, dealing with your mistakes, making
an image with Yocto, and testing everything you've made. Bennett will cover
his embedded design philosophy and bumps along the way. Unfortunately, the
USB spec is also involved.

*Speaker Bio*: Bennett Petzold is local to Raleigh and a 2024 NC State
alumni. While studying computer engineering, he was president of the Linux
Users' Group at NC State for two years and wrested a Jetson Nano on a robot
for three. Bennett now works as an Embedded Linux Engineer at Schneider
Electric. He always gets a UNIX terminal on a new computer and runs
minimalist i3 at home.

Hope to see you there!
-Maryam A.