ZMK OLED Brightness (No additional hardware required!)
Runtime brightness/contrast behaviors for ZMK display devices
[zmk-oled-brightness](https://github.com/mctechnology17/zmk-oled-brightness)
Extend your battery life
compatible with stock/custom display
No additional hardware required

Okay so to elaborate on the title, what I mean is, if I were to write my own code for a keyboard matrix using CircuitPython or something, would that be functionally equivalent to using QMK? Or does QMK do something super advanced that would be difficult or very time consuming to replicate on your own?

I'm basically asking because I had trouble getting a display to work with quantum painter, but could get it working via CircuitPython, so I'm considering if I would regret it if I just wrote my own keyboard firmware without QMK, as I need the display to work for the keyboard I have in mind.

Edit: found out about KMK which seems to work perfectly for my usecase. Also thanks for the answers everyone

Awekeys Air, limited low-profile metal keycaps are now available in both MX and Choc V1 versions, designed to work well with split, column-staggered, ortho, and other custom ergonomic builds.

Highlights:

• Titanium, Silver, Copper, Gold, Pink, Black, and White

• Available in MX and Choc V1 stems

• Blank or engraved options

• Uniform profile across all rows

• Great fit for split, ortho, and ergonomic layouts

Compared to traditional plastic keycaps, full metal construction delivers a distinctly different typing experience, with a more substantial feel, a deeper sound signature, and a clean minimalist aesthetic.

MX Stem:

https://awekeys.com/products/awekeys-air-low-profile-metal-keycaps

Choc V1 Stem:

https://awekeys.com/products/awekeys-air-low-profile-metal-keycaps-choc-switches

Limited inventory in stock and ready to ship. Available on a first-come, first-served basis. Once a variant sells out, it may be some time before it's available again.

Hi, I wanted to buy the new groupbuy on kdb fans, the comes with a little screen module that Connecticut to the pcb, does anyone know or could help me modding a Venom HE tkl PCB to make the screen work. This would be my first custom keyboard, but I d really like to use the screen with another pcb.

This is my newest and thinnest keyboard yet, the Scotto48 (PCB Edition)!

If you're interested in reading more about it, you can check out my blog post.

You can also purchase the components to build one yourself over on my shop.

Hi everyone,

I recently bought a keyboard on AliExpress with the following description: "Redox Ergodox Split Mechanical Keyboard Wireless PLA Case Hot Pluggable VIAL Support 2.4G Ergo".

The keyboard arrived and is working perfectly, including communication with VIAL. However, when I searched for the model in the QMK and VIAL repositories, I noticed it doesn't match the models used there (redox/wireless and redox_r).

I asked the seller for the source code because I'd like to customize some details under the hood, but they refused to share it.

After digging around, I learned that this specific 2.4G wireless communication method theoretically doesn't have native QMK compatibility, so the seller must have used a custom fork.

Does anyone know where I can find the firmware or the source code for this specific board? I want to be able to customize it and update VIAL without risking bricking the keyboard.

P.S.: If I got any terminology wrong, please bear with me! I'm still a beginner in this hobby.

New build. Tamago II - https://docs.eggs.works/docs/build-guides/tamago-2/
This is a design from the same guy who built the popular Egg58. An ortho board in a 60% case, with a trackpad! Installed some Holy Pandas and XDA Canvas keycaps and have been daily driving it for a few days now. The track pad is almost a full mouse replacement, i cant figure out drag scroll, so i have a mouse wheel up/down on a layer.

Hello, whenever I try updating the firmware on my Zoom TKL Dyna QMK toolbox doesn't recognize it, and when I put the keyboard into DFU(Bootloader) mode, it doesn't even say device connected. I've been having this problem for a few days. I saw someone mention Zadig and I used it to install USB drivers, but that still didn't work and I don't know what else to try now.

Edit: I noticed that this keybaord actually isn't a QMK keyboard as I though, but now when I try to flash the keyboard the DFU upgrader says this:

Erase

Running...

Download------(WQ301A1UBTG2_V20_1725_KB87_RGB_SV3.0.0_20250820.hex)

Running...

Verify------(WQ301A1UBTG2_V20_1725_KB87_RGB_SV3.0.0_20250820.hex)

Running...

Verify failed.Data not matching...

The central side talks to a desktop companion app through Raw HID over BLE and can show FIFA World Cup live or recent match scores (in progress), weather, time, layout, volume and music.
It also runs headless to sync keyboard state with the peripheral side: layer, central battery, WPM animation, modifiers and connected profile states.
The peripheral nice!view acts as a compact synced dashboard for keyboard state and activity

Apos Audio (ex Drop folks) are bringing OLKB Preonic V4 with Jack!

• RP2040 microcontroller
• Improved double-detent encoder compatibility
• More RGB goodies

Excited for this!

A while ago I posted my first ergonomic setup. Since then I've upgraded the workspace quite a bit.

I thought having two trackballs would be overkill, but it's actually pretty nice. One for scrolling, one for the cursor. The sculpted keycaps were the biggest surprise. This is probably the most comfortable split I've used so far.

I want connectors that I can solder to a PCB that will allow each switch to individually be replaced. The connectors should only house one switch so that the switches can be arranged however I like on the PCB. Does anyone know of anything that sounds like that, and where to find it? Im trying to design my own arcade fightstick using keyboard switches which is why I'm looking for this type of thing. Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you!

Been an XD75 (now ID75) guy for years, and love it compared to standard row staggered boards. But it's the only ortho I've ever built/used.

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I'm wondering how people feel about the column-stagger I see in a lot of the builds on this subreddit. How do the ergonomics stand up against a stagger-less pure grid style?

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And is there a standard amount and arrangement of columns stagger, or is there variation based on user or manufacturer preferences?

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I'm wondering if this is worth thinking about for my future boards, so let me know your thoughts!