Hackers sometimes are very alike, and probably anyone reading this may have dealt with not knowing what to prioritise in a project. I have started working on projects and then I need some tool, which leads to another subproject on itself and so on. Then I have worked on a lot of stuff but did not finish anything.

I mentioned previously that I started this project specifically for the contest, so I'm working on a tight deadline. Also, I have had very little free time, so every decision must be well thought. For these reasons, I'm avoiding these tasks (for now at least).

• Adding features I can not finish now. I really wanted this to be a tool for debugging industrial communications, like rs485, 232, CAN, 4-20mA, but I can not add these in a little more than a month.
• Working on PCBs. Since I would have to order them from overseas, It would take a long time. This also adds to the "make do with what you have" dystopic sentiment.
• Having a correct power management, with batteries, BMS and probably custom PCS etc.
• I think that the keyboard I bought is too big (310mm wide). But it is either that or making custom PCBs, USB firmware and printing smaller keycaps, so hell NO.

What I plan to have by the contest deadline and working at the moment:

• Design and 3d print a cyberpunk case/shell for the cyberdeck. Thus, I'm looking for cyberpunk references, hand drawing/ watching model making videos.
• Studying embedded Linux. This is one of the reasons which lead me to work on this. I'm reading about device drivers and want have a framebuffer drivers working so I can have a shell/curses/graphics on the VFD.

A cardboard mockup so I can test the dimensions I'm planning to use:

I'm not a 3d designer, nor experience in embedded linux. So let's hope for the best!