/KinesisBLE

Custom Kinesis Controller with Wireless BLE

Primary LanguageC++

About this fork

Adds support for the Kinesis Advantage or Professional keyboard to the original KinesisBLE design. Also makes the PCB slightly smaller which should help minimize cost. The redesign has been done in open-source and free Kicad which should help future development.

Hardware only - see the hardware Readme but ZMK is supported on the board in addition to mikewudev's firmware. See my ZMK repository.

Wireless Kinesis Advantage BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy)

Turns the Kinesis Advantage Keyboard keyboard into a wireless BLE keyboard with a few extra features. Built with Adafruit's nRF52 Feather Express Arduino boards.

For instructions, see the wiki. For more details on the build check out the project.

Many thanks to

  • Yin Zhong - Explains a better way to handle debouncing.
  • Stapelberg - Double mention as I ported his debouncing used in his KinX controller to Matt's firmware.
  • Matt Vilim - New firmware is a fork of his FeatherCtrl project.
  • Adafruit - Great documentation, libs and support.
  • afriggeri - The original firmware borrowed heavily from his Blanck Keyboard project.
  • Stapelberg - Michael Stapelberg's custom controller inspired this project. His PCB routing was inspirational.
  • Humble Hacker - Detailed write-up helped me understand the keyboard matrix.
  • PCBgogo - All the boards were made by these guys. Fast turn-around.