Mechanical Keyboard Sound Isn't That Simple
Figure 1: I couldn't think of a more literal way to represent this article if I tried... Looking back just a few years ago, there’s no doubt that the huge influx of people that joined the hobby at the peak of the COVID pandemic were drawn to keyboards by way of YouTube, TikTok, and other audio-visual content platforms. Even as the output from these content creators has waned in recent months, their collective impact and legacy on the keyboard hobby is rather firmly etched in the history books. As a result of all of their sound tests, build logs, and opinion videos, the message is clear to any new person joining the hobby: mechanical keyboards are all about the sound. Thock this, clack that. Whether it’s keyboards, keycaps, or even singular switches, seemingly everyone new to the hobby meticulously pores over each component of their keyboard not in an attempt to figure out how it will feel in hand, but how it will sound as they’re furiously grinding their way out from...
Mar 27, 2024
Planck Light Bootloader Instructions Before you start, you will need to remove the Planck Light PCB from the case in order to access the bottom side of the PCB. While it is possible to flash the Planck Light from the top side, we recommend that you flash it from the bottom side because the bottom side has the pin labels. It is possible to cause damage if the ISP flasher board is inserted incorrectly. 1. Launch QMK Toolbox: https://qmk.fm/toolbox/
2. Plug in ISP flasher board to your computer. You should see QMK Toolbox acknowledge that "AVRISP device connected" (see screenshot). If you do not see this message, you are running an older version of QMK Toolbox and you will need to upgrade it to v0.0.9+.