I've got a #QMK mod for my #Kinesis #Advantage2 LF #keyboard: https://karl-voit.at/2021/05/23/advantage2-modifications/
The mod is using a Teensy+ 2.0 chip:
https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2020-07-09-kint-kinesis-keyboard-controller/
I've got weird effects over the last weeks: left Alt-key not working (independent of its physical position/mapping), order of keys is mixed up when entering, sometimes a sluggish delay when typing text. Could be related to KDE Plasma (X11 and Plasma on 2 hosts) or keyboard hardware, I don't know.
Could it be that after 5 years the Teensy chip needs to be replaced? 🤔
Maybe the dampening (see first URL above at the bottom) did cause some overheat?
The keyboard is powered 24/7.
And if so: where do I get a #Teensy++ 2.0 chip these days? (Or I might to Teensy 3 or 4 which should be possible as well ...)
/cc @xro
@tynstar I'm sure I'll get used to it, still disappointing though. The #kinesis #advantage360 shows how small you can make those leds. So i don't really buy the bulkyness argument.
Let's hope the firmware catches up to allow configuring the keyswitch LEDs sometime soon. But doesn't seem too promising right now.
I've got a #Kinesis #Advantage2LF #keyboard. I switched PCB to the #kinT alternative using a #Teensy controller in 2021-02 to get #QMK firmware:
https://github.com/kinx-project/kint
Since a few weeks, I face issues: ESC switched its position with the ` character. I "fixed" that by swapping their definitions in the keymap.c file & re-flashing. Weird but that worked.
Since a few days, they were swapped again. Swapped them back + flashed to their original definition position. Fixed.
However, there's another issue I can't fix: the Alt-keys are behaving erratic. See their position on https://karl-voit.at/2021/05/23/advantage2-modifications/
The left one is not doing anything at all. https://keyboard-tester.com/ doesn't show anything when they are pressed. I don't know if this is OK for that kind of modifier. The right Alt key is working sometimes.
Both were mapped to KC_LALT. I tried to flash both with KC_RALT which didn't change anything.
Could it be that the Teensy controller got faulty?
Any other ideas?
Have I mentioned recently how insanely perfect the #Kinesis Advantage360 keyboard is for me as a long-term RSI sufferer?
I've been using Kinesis Ergo Keyboards for around 28 years now, on and off. The traditional form factor I've owned is the split design in terms of #keyboard halves, but still joined in a common piece of plastic, limiting how far apart you can space the keyboard halves.
Much earlier in the year my #RSI flared to Unmentionable Levels and I lashed out the $$$$ to upgrade from the prior fixed-width design to this and I've seriously not looked back.
And yeah, I finally gave in and switched to a trackball for work, too.
But the Advantage360? It's pulled me back from the brink of disability.
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https://qiita.com/yutaka_kozuka/items/f752c382f8cd5b65ceb9?utm_campaign=popular_items&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=popular_items
4 weeks with my new #Kinesis #Advantage360
I'm feeling very frustrated today. I needed to write a lot of code fast, and I can't. The arrows still feel wrong, so code navigation sucks.
But the worst mistake was placing esc under my left ring finger, lowest row, between backtick and square bracket. Esc being between printable characters used a lot in code, I press it accidentally A LOT and close my IDE's terminal window in the middle of writing a command.
Attached: 1 image Fourth day with my new #Kinesis #Advantage360 Time to try some remapping: - two cmds, two alts, and one ctrl like on a macbook keyboard because most mac shortcuts rely on cmds and alts, - alts get the most comfortable position because I use them a lot to type special DE and PL letters, - all arrows on one side for easier text selection, - capslock in its original position because I use it a lot for VoiceOver navigation, - no need for forward-delete (AKA delete) because ctrl+d does the job