ErgoMechKeyboards

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Ergonomic, split and other weird keyboards

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Keep it ergo

Posts must be of/about keyboards that have a clear delineation between the left and right halves of the keyboard, column stagger, or both. This includes one-handed (one half doesn't exist, what clearer delineation is that!?)

i.e. no regular non-split¹ row-stagger and no non-split¹ ortholinear²

¹ split meaning a separation of the halves, whether fixed in place or entirely separate, both are fine.
² ortholinear meaning keys layed out in a grid

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Some useful links

EMK wiki
Split keyboard compare tool
Compare keycap profiles Looking for another set of keycaps - check this site to compare the different keycap profiles https://www.keycaps.info/
Keymap database A database with all kinds of keymap layouts - some of them fits ergo keyboards - get inspired https://keymapdb.com/

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I need help troubleshooting (self.ergomechkeyboards)

submitted 2 years ago by donnachaidh to c/ergomechkeyboards

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Just today, I received and made a Corne kit with nice!nanos. However, I can't seem to get it actually working. I've built the default ZMK configuration and tried to flash it to the board. It seems to accept the file, exits bootloader mode and disappears from my file manager. But the blue light just blinks, and I can't type anything with it. I know that isn't much more to go off of than "it doesn't work", but I can't see anything in the docs or elsewhere, and I'm not sure where to look next.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Are you able to connect to a host and have the board recognized?

What happens if you connect a USB cable to the main half (usually left)

If the two halves aren't connecting to each other (easily happens if powered on at different times) then they need to be reset at the same time to find each other

Also this is useful to have bookmarked: https://zmk.dev/docs/troubleshooting#split-keyboard-halves-unable-to-pair

[–] donnachaidh 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The board wasn't recognised at all. I was only trying to use it wired, before trying bluetooth. But after sleeping on it, I realised the controllers are meant to be installed upside down. So I fixed that and now it's working great! In fact, I just typed this comment on it. Quite slowly for the moment, though...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nice! How much of a pain was it to fix the controller orientation?

[–] donnachaidh 1 points 2 years ago

Not too bad. I had them socketed, so I only had to go get some solder wick to desolder the headers. I don't have a Third Hand though, so it was a tad awkward and I just desoldered them enough to fit in the sockets upside down. Not the best, but it seems secure enough.