mechware VS kmk_firmware

I do it for my keyboard firmware project, it's designed to compile up for Arduino (well, not their IDE, but VS with PlatformIO but it's much of a muchness) https://github.com/dairequinlan/mechware

code here https://github.com/dairequinlan/mechware/blob/main/src/input/MatrixInput.cpp That's dual use code, few #define chunks there for Ardiuno (Teensy) and Pico, but basically (using the more common Arduino syntax) ...

Plan is to add the BLE functionality as another pluggable module to my own firmware https://github.com/dairequinlan/mechware

Indeed. It makes for a neat µC for a keyboard, all that GPIO :-D OP are you planning a complete build ? This might be useful it's a complete pluggable and configurable firmware for PICO based keyboards. Dual compiles to Teensy/Arduino so there are a bunch of conditional blocks but it's fairly straightforward otherwise.

it's not an actual pro micro though, right ? It's a RP2040 board like the Pi Pico. I didn't know that that was even supported by QMK yet (if that's what you're trying to use). Coincidentally I just started using as a daily driver a custom split board I put together, which has a Pi PICO in either half, talking I2C to one another. Completely custom firmware though, source is here: https://github.com/dairequinlan/mechware/tree/pico

plenty.. try their zulip and you will see(https://kmkfw.zulipchat.com/).. also google may help... plenty of youtube pushers also will provide you the info...

Im not really sure where the problem would be. Try to flash the example firmware from the official kmk github and see if that works for you. If it doesn't then there may be a problem with the hardware 🤔 https://github.com/KMKfw/kmk_firmware/tree/master/boards/reviung41

You'll need to copy the following onto storage device: 1. CircuitPython files/binaries for controller, if not present 2. kmk folder from KMK firmware. github, if not present. 3. kb.py and main.py files for your board. Pre-configured boards can be found in KMK firmware github in boards directory.

I'll try to set it up locally and will otherwise contact... Got time over Easter. Thx a lot. I also have seen that piantor for KMK has an open pull request which means the board dev will soon be ready for workflow builds of Miryoku. https://github.com/KMKfw/kmk_firmware/pull/723 I like KMK a bit more as it will allow me to quickly change the extra keys to whatever makes sense .... All just with s simple text editor.

Here's a pull request to add piantor board to KMK firmware. The logic to define config for left and right halves is actually really nice.

There's a recent pull request to add the Piantor to KMK, and that's a split 42 key that uses the pico with direct pins to keys: https://github.com/KMKfw/kmk_firmware/pull/723

See above. I set this up some time ago; the one I am using is pretty much the demo one from the KMK github.

I've uploaded these files to github here if you wish to look around but I recommend also looking through the various boards in the kmk github as well for more guidance too. This was my first kmk based keyboard so my code might not be the best lol but I hope this is helpful regardless. Let me know if you have any questions!