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
If like me this if your first board, and your struggling with flashing it here is some simple documentation to follow.
- Under your PCB is a small (RESET) button, pressing this will put your board into its "Boot/Flashing" mode - Check to see if your board has drivers by going to Device Manager and see if there's a "Warning Triangle" next to your ATm32u4dfu - My Board (and most) come without drivers, so download: http://zadig.akeo.ie/ - Make sure your board appears as " ATm32u4dfu" (Atmega 32u4 - DFU Programming) by pressing the "RESET" button - Install the Drivers (WinUSB) - Board should reboot and display as GH60 or XD60 in Windows Devices (If not unplug/replug) - Build your layout with KLE: http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/#/gists/f249c49347e68c8b383a9ca16abd6623 - That is the XD60 default layout - Set your board to XD60 RevXD_Mod (If your only doing one layer - Choose simple) - Copy your Raw Data from KLE to the Composite Layer on http://yang.tkg.io/ (If this site doesn't load correctly, try googling for it instead - It has to be YANG if you want underglow to work) Language is Top Right drop down - To copy the default FN keys go back to KLE > Keyboard Properties > Copy then go to YANG and hit Tools > Import FN keys > Paste - To understand the Chinese custom functions go here: https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/6pnpq7/xd64_layout_flashing_guide/ - Hit the Reset button and then you should be allowed to hit burn.eep
- Now that you have used TKG your board can now be put into boot mode by press LSHIFT+RSHIFT+Pause Break If you leave Pus Brk in the FN layer like i did you also have to hold FN, it will take a second or so, no more unscrewing :D
Enjoy your new flashed board!!
Useful links & Info: List of all TKG supported KLE buttons: http://yang.tkg.io/#help Don't worry if Zadig says you have no WCID - Mine works fine with a Red X in there Another write up can be found here too: https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/6pnpq7/xd64_layout_flashing_guide/
My Build: https://goo.gl/LfCRnN
Extras
Red = When Caps Lock is Reversed (e.g. Not on - CapsLock needs to be pressed on and off once for this to apply) Green = When Layer 1 is active Blue = When Caps lock is On
I still don't understand the other two I believe Caps lock is there to allow you to toggle on that specific LED Not sure about Backlight - Don't have any LED's in mine yet
I have mine setup like this as i don't use the traditional LAYER setup just SIMPLE
Thanks
Here is a link to the KLE File so you can visualise the layout easily.