firmware
noun
a microprogram stored in ROM, designed to implement a function that had previously been provided in software.
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The files for all the products Ploopy sells are on Github for anyone resourceful enough to have them fabricated, and the device itself runs QMK, one of a few lightweight keyboard firmwares out there.
From The Verge ● Mar. 9, 2022