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Hey,
cry for help here

do I know anyone who knows both #zmk and #nix?

I use https://github.com/lilyinstarlight/zmk-nix to build my keyboard firmware; except this repo doesn't work anymore.

By 'doesn't work' I mean: Do

git clone https://github.com/lilyinstarlight/zmk-nix
cd zmk-nix
nix build .

and you will run into errors.

I believe this happens due to

1. very inefficient fetching, that
2. since very recently, github isn't happy about anymore. (or, alternatively: it tries to fetch sth that doesn't exist anymore – I might be misunderstanding the error)

solution would be

• do more efficient fetching (most importantly: this fetches a couple dozen different git repos. at least make each their own derivation)
• maybe not all the fetched stuff is necessary, actually?
• allow a way to inject my github username+pwd for the fetching process

Progress on my new Wee Bit Warped (30 keys) #ErgoMechKeyboad design, soldered, switches in, #ZMK firmware flashed, #KLPLamé and #Asymplex keycaps fitted - typing on it right now!

Even without a case and wobbly, it feels easier to get used to than my (almost finished) "Rugby Union" #MechanicalKeyboard which has almost the same layout but with different thumbs and more angled. Here the halves are deliberately spread out, using a single bendy PCB. Soldering was much easier!

I've been switching between macOS and Windows a lot lately (current work issued laptop), and the mental effort to switch between COMMAND aka GUI and CTRL for everyday shortcuts is jarring (eg with A for select all, C for copy, and V for paste).

#QMK supports OS detection, #ZMK doesn't yet https://github.com/zmkfirmware/zmk/issues/2553 - but even if it did Windows doesn't respect #readline shortcuts like CTRL+A for start of line, CTRL+E for end of line, CTRL+K to clear line. And there's CTRL+C for cancel vs COMMAND+C for copy with macOS, which gets complicated on Windows terminals.

I can't run any remapping on Windows (locked down machine) but can on macOS with #KarabinerElements or similar... but simply swapping CTRL and GUI there doesn't seem like a real fix. It would just make different shortcuts frustrating 😱

On est en train de caler les tout derniers détails :

• x-keyboard a été mis à jour pour avoir la géométrie et les couleurs du #QMx2040, notamment pour Duck Typist ;
• le firmware (Tellurium) a été dogfoodé et validé, on voudrait juste ajouter la touche Menu quelque part.

Un avis sur la question ? On hésite à remplacer PrtScr par Menu (et PrtScr irait en couche Nav). Certain’es l’utilisent en bureautique, d’autres juste comme touche Compose…

PS : le clavier reste entièrement configurable, évidemment — et même directement depuis le navigateur, via ZMK Studio. Malgré tout, on accorde beaucoup d’importance à la configuration par défaut.

#QuackMatrix #ZMK #ZMKStudio

#Ækeynox now supports most keyboard layouts used in Europe and Latin America, making it straight-forward to use any 3×6 or 3×5 keyboard with these layouts. Feedback would be welcome!
https://github.com/OneDeadKey/zmk-config-aekeynox

#ZMK #Ferris #Corne #Totem #Quacken

First working full assembly of my #RugbyUnion 15-a-side diode-free monobody tented #ErgoMechKeyboard, with a reversible PCB joined by 16 short wires (much fiddlier than I expected), in a case printed in Tinmorry Galaxy Green PLA, fitted with black resin Chicago Stenographer keycaps (printed by #JLCPLC who did my PCB too), and 1.5u CFX in the corners and on the thumbs (later should be 1.75u but I only have one of those to hand). Running #ZMK firmware (with #QMK and #RMK testing pending).

Design files for this #MechanicalKeyboard are here https://codeberg.org/peterjc/pico-keyboards/src/branch/main/rugbyunion with build guide and improved case design pending.

@petejohanson @papawilf Sadly dozens of us on Mastodon may be accurate - see also #MechanicalKeyboard firmware hashtags like #QMK, #ZMK, etc. There is lots on Discord (behind closed doors), or Reddit…

I've got a keyboard, the NocFree &: the firmware is shit. I'm pretty sure they don't have a firmware dev and just thought they could get AI to do it.

My question: I have .uf2 files for a ZMK build of the keyboard and dongle. Can I just put the parts into DFU mode and copy the .uf2 files over? Shouldn't that get me the ZMK firmware for the board?

#ZMK #Keyboards #Programming #Firmware #Computers #MechanicalKeyboards

@deshipu looks like it could be made to run a keyboard with Zig https://github.com/semickolon/kirei

It is a 32-bit RISC-V with recent Zephyr support https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/muselab/nano_ch57x/doc/index.html so maybe #ZMK would be possible?

#keyboard input is ludicrous. Why can't the hardware just* send unicode characters to the system?

(I want my #zmk keyboard to send dollar, pound and euro signs to the system from a us keyboard layout and... lol. There shouldn't even be the notion of a us keyboard layout but here we are)

Nouveau clavier bluetooth split avec ZMK.

Bon, ZMK c’est assez cool et globalement, le clavier marche plutôt pas mal.

Il a fallu que je remappe certaines touches qui sont un poil moins accessibles sur Redox que sur mon Ergodox historique (notamment les touches centrales).

Par contre, c’est très étonnant de voir à quel point la connexion Bluetooth est « fragile ». Mon gros PC est à seulement 80cm du clavier, y’a déjà de la latence de ouf…

#bluetooth #redox #zmk

I made a thing: a tool that allows programmable keyboards to send arbitrary Unicode characters. I created this mainly for myself, but I'm curious to know if there are other persons on this planet that could use it, so here it is:

https://crates.io/crates/infinikey

Because you didn't ask, here's my story. 😉

Ever since I bought a split ergonomic keyboard (2008, Kinesis Advantage 2), I have used an English keyboard layout at work despite being German and working in Germany. I think that for my field (software development), English layouts are just superior to the German one(s).

Still, I also need German umlaut characters for emails and chats in German. Back then I only used Windows at work, so using some Microsoft tool I created a custom keyboard layout. It mapped Ctrl-Alt-A to the letter ä, for example. The problem was that (some) software would still receive the Alt key and for example open its menu. So I built a script with AutoHotkey that handled these keypresses and that worked better. I installed the script on the work and home PCs, and when I got a new keyboard (2023, MoErgo Glove80) I started using it both at work and at home.

Fast forward to last year, when I started at a new company, and my department there does not use Windows but Linux - yay! However, that meant my AutoHotkey scripts no longer worked. 😢

I could probably have fiddled with xkb and things, but I really wanted _one_ solution that works on Linux and Windows. After several experiments (different approaches with XCompose/WinCompose and 'misusing' the Espanso text expander), a few months ago I finally decided I need to write my own software. And as of this week, it's not only good enough for daily use, but also published and installable by anyone! 🎉

Thanks for reading this far. Let me know if you're one of the maybe 10 to 100 persons in the world who have some use for this software. 🙂

#MechanicalKeyboard #Keyboard #FOSS #OpenSource #Rust #Glove80 #KinesisAdvantage #Windows #Linux #ZMK

How to improve battery life on the "central" side

https://piefed.zip/c/ergomechkeyboards/p/1474938/how-to-improve-battery-life-on-the-central-side

I obviously suck at soldering! My left thumb cluster just stopped working, which led to a new "opportunity" to learn - identifying what was wrong.

I never really bothered to look into how the circuits worked when building it the first time since I was busy learning to type on the split keyboard.

Tried out #deepseek v4 flash to help identify root causes and guiding me on how to debug it as part of testing how good this very cheap model is.

The guidance was solid, but I've soon ruled out most things without the error. At least I've learnt some (and removed the useless rotary knob that I tried out)...

#splitkb #electronics #keyboards #zmk

Sometimes, my day gets really surreal out of nowhere: https://youtu.be/rgZlzCd0DUU?t=1819&si=9aPL7w7zyXmmEdFa

#zmk #Keyboard

On est en train de rassembler les informations relatives au #Quacken sur une page web. Pour l’instant il n’y a que deux liens :

• la keymap #Selenium, par défaut sur le clavier ;
• le firmware #ZMK, pour configurer et flasher soi-même le #Poticlavier.

Promis, on étoffe tout ça au fur et à mesure !
https://onedeadkey.github.io/quacken/

one more ZMK module is out. this one is a replacement for the stock temp-layer behaviour. it does all the smart things with mouse buttons workflows and such. https://github.com/kaievns/zmk-mouse-layer

#zmk #keyboard #opensource

also, opensourced my custom ZMK input processors optimised for trackball data processing. mouse acceleration, smoothing, fully featured mouse layers support, etc.

https://github.com/kaievns/zmk-trackball-processors

#zmk #keyboard #opensource

published my latest pmw3610 optical sensor driver for ZMK as a stand alone module https://github.com/kaievns/pmw3610-zmk-driver

#zmk #keyboard #opensource

Keychron/Keychron-Keyboards-Hardware-Design

All the industrial design files for Keychron keyboards and mice. Includes CAD models (case, plate, stabilizer, encoder, keycap) for Q, Q Pro, Q HE, K Pro, K Max, K HE, V Max, P HE series and M1–M7 mice. 100+ models. STEP/DXF/PDF formats.

This project is source-available. Commercial use is strictly prohibited.
Language: Python

Stars: 1310 Issues: 4 Forks: 99
https://github.com/Keychron/Keychron-Keyboards-Hardware-Design

#3d_printing #cad #gaming #gaming_keyboard #gaming_mouse #hardware_designs #keyboard #keyboard_firmware #keychron #mechanical_keyboard #mouse #qmk #qmk_firmware #zephyr #zmk #zmk_firmware

#Ækeynox équipe les premiers Quacken qui viennent d’être livrés. On a beaucoup bossé sur ce firmware pour en faire une #keymap aussi saine que possible pour toutes les personnes adeptes de #Poticlaviers, débutantes ou aguerries, de 20 à 200 mots par minute.

On fait en sorte qu’Ækeynox supporte le plus grand nombre possible de claviers #ZMK et #QMK avant les #JdLL, fin mai.

https://github.com/OneDeadKey/selenium

La fonctionnalité Ækeynox sur laquelle on bosse en ce moment, c’est l’émulation #Ergol et #QwertyLafayette. Ça s’annonce bien !

#aekeynox

@hbons I've long dreamed of #ZMK getting a "proper" logo (not just for our studio app, but for the project as a whole, usage in social media, etc)

Is that the kind of thing you help projects with?

i think i'm done with my new ZMK firmware. chucked it on GH.

btw, it has a _very_ nice new pmw3610 driver, and a bunch of custom input processors to make trackball movements buttery smooth https://github.com/kaievns/5deg-zmk-firmware #zmk #keyboard #opensource

@rayk yeah, my biggest concern there is mostly going to be sane mapping of devices into the container(s) for #zephyr / #zmk for flashing, twister, etc.

Messing about with my #KeyboardLayout again (that’s half the fun of #QMK or #ZMK etc in a programable #MechanicalKeyboard), this time the mechanism to get capital letters without a dedicated shift key… ⇧

I’m giving #AutoShift another go (long press for capitals), alongside #CapWords (like caps lock, but it turns off at the end of a word), and #MagicCommaShift (comma before letter means shift) 🪄 ⇧

. @zmk builds on GitHub Actions have always been uploading artifacts as "firmware.zip". It has always been utter annoying to me.

So I wrote a small GitHub Actions workflow to overcome this: It adds built firmware files to the release as separate files, just like QMK does:

https://github.com/Ardakilic/zmk-config/commit/0a04b0106389c2517413cfe9c695939bd17d5cf8

Example release:

https://github.com/Ardakilic/zmk-config/releases/tag/latest

Might be useful for you. It definitely will be for me :)

I wish this was in core ZMK thogh.

#zmk #qmk #mechanicalkeyboard #githubactions

A @zephyr driver that's been a long time coming... https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/106336

RGB support on stm32 has been a frequent request from that small subset of folks running #ZMK on wired boards. Rarely had the SPI based driver worked with the pins used by most designs, so when I saw https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/88671 get merged, I immediately jumped into an led_strip driver using it!

It's fairly straightforward, using DMA to feed in a sequence of compare values that correspond to the necessary bit value to send.

@AAMfP I found https://github.com/eswai/zmk-naginata very easy (but I already had plain ZMK working; current advice is target #ZMK v0.3, main branch still in flux).

On the other hand, there is https://github.com/eswai/qmk_userspace which I think I got to work months ago - but the details are not fresh in my mind. The whole #QMK user space upheaval was still settling.

I focused on ZMK as I was doing my first Bluetooth keyboard.