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
1) Place stabilizers on PCB and screw into place.
2) Snap a few switches into the case to center the PCB
3) Place the PCB into the case, USB end first. Push down so the switches snap into the PCB taking care not to bend any pins
5) Turn the case over and snap in the remaining switches, taking care not to bend any pins.
Note: The switches on 'Esc' and '1' are turned 180' to accomodate for the usb connector.
6) If any pins are bent, you can pop the switch out using the tip of a pen.
7) Tighten the screws on the PCB.
9) Stick the rubber feet onto the bottom of the case
10) Screw the bottom and top case together. The depression on the bottom case should face the front of the keyboard.
11) Plug in your tokyo60 and start typing!
Some of my keys don't work:
If there's a key that doesn't work, check for a bent switch pin. Pop the key out from the bottom with the tip of a pen. Straighten out the pen if necessary and re-insert the switch. if this doesn't work, then please contact Massdrop support who can walk you through the process of a PCB replacement.