1 Dactyl Manuform (4x5, 5x6, 6x6)
3 the [Dactyl-Manuform](https://github.com/tshort/dactyl-keyboard) is a split curved keyboard based on the design of [adereth dactyl](https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard) and thumb cluster design of the [manuform](https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=46015.0) keyboard, the hardware is similar to the let's split keyboard. all information needed for making one is in the first link.
4 ![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/7y0Vbyd.jpg)
9 Download or clone the `qmk_firmware` repo and navigate to its top level directory. Once your build environment is setup, you'll be able to generate the default .hex using:
11 Depending on your Layout chose one of the follwing commands:
14 $ make handwired/dactyl_manuform/YOUR_LAYOUT:YOUR_KEYMAP_NAME
19 $ make handwired/dactyl_manuform/4x5:default
22 If everything worked correctly you will see a file:
25 dactyl_manuform_YOUR_LAYOUT_YOUR_KEYMAP_NAME.hex
28 For more information on customizing keymaps, take a look at the primary documentation for [Customizing Your Keymap](/docs/faq_keymap.md) in the main readme.md.
33 ### [Keymaps 4x5](/keyboards/handwired/dactyl_manuform/4x5/keymaps/)
36 Simple QWERTY layout with 3 Layers.
39 ### [Keymaps 5x6](/keyboards/handwired/dactyl_manuform/5x6/keymaps/)
42 Just a copy of the Impstyle keymap. Feel free to adjust it.
45 A simple QWERTY keymap with 3 Layers. Both sides are connected via serial and the Left ist the master.
47 ### [Keymaps 6x6](/keyboards/handwired/dactyl_manuform/6x6/keymaps/)
50 Simple QWERTY layout with 3 Layers.
55 Apart from diodes and key switches for the keyboard matrix in each half, you
58 * 2 Arduino Pro Micros. You can find these on AliExpress for ≈3.50USD each.
59 * 2 TRRS sockets and 1 TRRS cable, or 2 TRS sockets and 1 TRS cable
61 Alternatively, you can use any sort of cable and socket that has at least 3
62 wires. If you want to use I2C to communicate between halves, you will need a
63 cable with at least 4 wires and 2x 4.7kΩ pull-up resistors
67 A speaker can be hooked-up to either side to the `5` (`C6`) pin and `GND`, and turned on via `AUDIO_ENABLE`.
72 The 3 wires of the TRS/TRRS cable need to connect GND, VCC, and digital pin 3 (i.e.
73 PD0 on the ATmega32u4) between the two Pro Micros.
75 Next, wire your key matrix to any of the remaining 17 IO pins of the pro micro
76 and modify the `matrix.c` accordingly.
78 The wiring for serial:
80 ![serial wiring](https://i.imgur.com/C3D1GAQ.png)
84 ![i2c wiring](https://i.imgur.com/Hbzhc6E.png)
86 The pull-up resistors may be placed on either half. It is also possible
87 to use 4 resistors and have the pull-ups in both halves, but this is
88 unnecessary in simple use cases.
90 You can change your configuration between serial and i2c by modifying your `config.h` file.
92 ##Notes on Software Configuration
93 -------------------------------
95 the keymaps in here are for the 4x5 layout of the keyboard only.
100 To flash your firmware take a look at: [Flashing Instructions and Bootloader Information](https://docs.qmk.fm/#/flashing)
103 ##Choosing which board to plug the USB cable into (choosing Master)
105 Because the two boards are identical, the firmware has logic to differentiate the left and right board.
107 It uses two strategies to figure things out: looking at the EEPROM (memory on the chip) or looking if the current board has the usb cable.
109 The EEPROM approach requires additional setup (flashing the eeprom) but allows you to swap the usb cable to either side.
111 The USB cable approach is easier to setup and if you just want the usb cable on the left board, you do not need to do anything extra.
113 ### Setting the left hand as master
114 If you always plug the usb cable into the left board, nothing extra is needed as this is the default. Comment out `EE_HANDS` and comment out `I2C_MASTER_RIGHT` or `MASTER_RIGHT` if for some reason it was set.
116 ### Setting the right hand as master
117 If you always plug the usb cable into the right board, add an extra flag to your `config.h`
122 ### Setting EE_hands to use either hands as master
123 If you define `EE_HANDS` in your `config.h`, you will need to set the
124 EEPROM for the left and right halves.
126 The EEPROM is used to store whether the
127 half is left handed or right handed. This makes it so that the same firmware
128 file will run on both hands instead of having to flash left and right handed
129 versions of the firmware to each half. To flash the EEPROM file for the left
132 avrdude -p atmega32u4 -P $(COM_PORT) -c avr109 -U eeprom:w:eeprom-lefthand.eep
133 // or the equivalent in dfu-programmer
136 and similarly for right half
138 avrdude -p atmega32u4 -P $(COM_PORT) -c avr109 -U eeprom:w:eeprom-righhand.eep
139 // or the equivalent in dfu-programmer
142 NOTE: replace `$(COM_PORT)` with the port of your device (e.g. `/dev/ttyACM0`)
144 After you have flashed the EEPROM, you then need to set `EE_HANDS` in your config.h, rebuild the hex files and reflash.
146 Note that you need to program both halves, but you have the option of using
147 different keymaps for each half. You could program the left half with a QWERTY
148 layout and the right half with a Colemak layout using bootmagic's default layout option.
149 Then if you connect the left half to a computer by USB the keyboard will use QWERTY and Colemak when the
150 right half is connected.
153 Notes on Using Pro Micro 3.3V
154 -----------------------------
156 Do update the `F_CPU` parameter in `rules.mk` to `8000000` which reflects
157 the frequency on the 3.3V board.
159 Also, if the slave board is producing weird characters in certain columns,
160 update the following line in `matrix.c` to the following:
163 // _delay_us(30); // without this wait read unstable value.
164 _delay_us(300); // without this wait read unstable value.