Keyboards and Open-Source

Re:Keyboards and Open-Source by aix1 on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @12:33PM (#30074843)

I really like my keyboards wireless, specifically BLE (so no receiver dongles).

I also like them to have long battery life (months).

I don't care for backlight LEDs.

Is there existing open-source firmware that would tick these boxes? I couldn't find anything last time I looked.

(I own and love an HHKB Hybrid Type-S, but am curious to what extent it can be replicated -- and then tweaked -- using open-source designs that already exist.)

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Re:Keyboards and Open-Source by cptMayhem on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @12:45PM (#30075070)

ZMK firmware. This is happening right now btw:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/moergo/glove80-the-incr...

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Re:Keyboards and Open-Source by salamandersauce on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @12:43PM (#30075025)

ZMK maybe? It supports Bluetooth low engergy at least.

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Re:Keyboards and Open-Source by aix1 on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @12:51PM (#30075177)

Thanks for prompting me take another look at ZMK. I remember concluding that power consumption would have been an issue, but either things have improved or I just reached the wrong conclusion last time I looked.

https://zmk.dev/power-profiler/

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