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
The kit includes:
- 1 PCB
- 1 Bottom plate
- 12 4mm M2 screws and 6 5mm M2 standoffs
- 1 reset switch
- 30 1N4148 diodes
- AO3416 MOSFET and 4.7kΩ resistor for LED support
The kit DOESN'T include:- Kailh low-profile switches - Available at novelkeys.xyz
- Keycaps for Kailh low-profile switches - Available at novelkeys.xyz
- 1 Pro Micro controller - Available at keeb.io
- 470Ω resistors for LEDs (optional)
- 1.8mm or 2x3x4mm LEDs (optional)
- RGB strip for underglow (optional)
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