Support for Alternative Layouts
This is a summary of how alternative layouts have been supported by kits such as Colevrak and Homing. It is not a discussion of alt layout performance and development, but if that interests you I highly recommend starting with Pascal Getreuer’s A guide to alt keyboard layouts (why, how, which one?). It’s a concise and comprehensive overview with links to some great sites that go deeper. He also has a separate Links about keyboards page. The Keyboard layouts doc he recommends explains layout goals and metrics in detail, summarizing the alt layouts discussed here as well as more than one hundred others. Sculpted-profile The majority of custom keycap sets are sculpted-profile (Cherry, SA, MT3, KAT, etc. - more on profiles generally here) so let’s start there. Because each row has a unique keycap shape, alt layouts require a unique keycap for each legend that moves off its QWERTY row. At first there were two The Dvorak layout was patented in 1936 by August Dvorak & William L....
Apr 23, 2024
Great job, looking forward to play w/ it ! Check this out (note the date): http://descentbb.com/viewtopic.php?p=67750#67750
The Knops Mini is made to be easily taken apart and put back together. The only 'issue' with putting it back together is that the adhesive rubber anti-slip pads hide the screws. So you might not be able to put that back on the keyboard after riping it off. If you decide to take the device apart to change switches, I can't give you a warranty on the electronics. However, I am willing to ship you free replacement rubber anti-slip pads if you cover the shipping cost (2 euro if you live in EU).
I had a discussion with someone from Cooler Master about doing that as well. The reason that I choose to make my own product casing was the problem of having to cut the usb port out of the case with pliers/cnc machine, since it would be near to impossible to let CM change their injection mold.
Here is a picture of the Knops Mini PCB. They only support the Cherry MX footprint. The plate for the switches has 14x14mm square holes in them, if I remember correctly. I guess you could use this info to decide if it's worth modifying the switches yourself. It will be nearly impossible for me to add an option for an un-assembled kit.
My bad, the "whites" I was referring to are Cherry MX White ("soft-click"), a bit of a rare beast but I have some at hand :) I've been out of touch w/ the KB community over the last few years (live got in the way), what bootloader is in the mini ? Back in the days I rewrote the Teensy loader (1kb, didn't bother to squeeze it further) to use in my KB's...
BTW, "modus" -- being German myself, that sounds familiar. :)
In this image, the left pin in the red box is ground and the right one the Reset line.
Edit: just noticed the ship date. I would suggest to extent the buying window by another 14 days or so for maximum exposure.