@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.
Le voilà enfin mon Lily40 !
oui, j'ai viré des touches, j'ai l'droit non ? 😆 J'suis sur que ça va faire plaisirs à @fabi1cazenave
Un grand merci à @pyaillet pour le design des pieds.
#ergonautes #zmk #lily58
EDIT: j'ai oublié de préciser que le layout utilisé est #ergol
When using Blender I’d like to keep my right hand on the pointing device (pen or mouse) and the other on the keyboard.
But I use a steeply tented split keyboard, and a few keys I need regularly are on the right half; with a flat keyboard I’d reach over to the other half, but because of the almost 90° tenting this is difficult and slow.
I think I will try solving this issue by making one key flip the two halves (temporarily).
What do you think, how would you approach this problem?
#blender #blender3D #b3d #mechanicalKeyboard #mkb #splitKeyboard #ZMK #QMK
Thought I might unwind Friday night by tinkering with my #MechanicalKeyboard firmware - there are RGB LEDs that could be twinkling for me ⌨️✨
But no, new mysterious build failures & discovering and reporting out-dated documentation referencing the older #Zephyr that will need updating for #ZMK v0.4 😅
Hopefully this will just make it all the sweeter once it works?
Mixed news on my current #MechanicalKeyboard project - certainly a learning experience 😅
Good news: I have the wired #SplitKeyboard working (currently on #QMK firmware with Vial). Early days but seems comfy.
Mixed news: #ZMK firmware was working last night, but I broke the build somehow while tidying up my changes.
Bad news: it has been 0 days since the last #TRRS cable short circuit issue (a known issue but these remain a default low-tech way of linking two halves of a split keyboard). You get a scary warning on macOS about excessive current drain, and that the USB has been disabled untill removed and reconnected (or rebooted?)
@Edent ah. Fair warning this is a rabbit hole.
There is some stuff on Mastodon, lots on Reddit or Discord.
Specifically on firmware, #MechanicalKeyboard smaller volume productions and DIY creations often use #QMK (typically wired, sadly not all follow the GPL requirements) or #ZMK (typically with Bluetooth) under the hood. There are more like KMK or CircuitPython.
Often there’s a GUI for changing the keymap, as a native app or web based (Chrome). See eg Via, Vial, or the currently less capable but catching up ZMK Studio.
OK they’re portable and flexible to get the most comfortable angles, but a DIY split #ErgoMechKeyboard has it’s downsides!
There’s Bluetooth pairing or janky cables to worry about (TRRS has a short circuit risk), two controllers to solder, trickier firmware, etc.
But what prompted this was the much higher risk of knocking one half off your desk! Only realised today, but when I chipped the corner of my Forager based keyboard this also looks to have broken the tiny #SeeedXiao reset button. That in turn leaves me no easy way to reflash the keyboard when my new #ZMK firmware isn’t working 😱
All in all, a mono body #MechanicalKeyboard with a split layout at a comfy angle seems like a safer bet for me… #SplitKeyboard
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