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diff --git a/keyboards/sowbug/68keys/readme.md b/keyboards/sowbug/68keys/readme.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2ac5e73c4f --- /dev/null +++ b/keyboards/sowbug/68keys/readme.md @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +# 68keys + +A 68-key keyboard with per-key RGB, Kailh hotswap sockets, and USB-C. Uses Blue Pill. + +## History + +This keyboard was inspired by the [68keys.io](https://68keys.io/) keyboard. The +68keys keyboard has a similar layout to the +[MagicForce 68](https://www.amazon.com/Qisan-Mechanical-Keyboard-68-Keys-Magicforce/dp/B01E8KO2B0). +[di0ib](https://github.com/di0ib) did a +[replacement PCB](https://github.com/di0ib/tmk_keyboard/tree/master/keyboard/mf68) +for the Magicforce 68. + +I love the Magicforce 68, but wanted a few changes. As a colossally +disproportionate response to this challenge, I created +[a utility](https://github.com/sowbug/keycad/) that generates PCBs from +arbitrary KLE JSON files, and used it to create this keyboard. + +## A note about backlighting + +I wanted my per-key RGB keyboard to have a dim backlight on all keys, but didn't +want to sacrifice cool RGB matrix effects to have it. So I wrote up +[a QMK patch](https://github.com/sowbug/qmk_firmware/commit/f7f859ceeefde40e639cfc75044af477504d30f8) +that treats RGB(0, 0, 0) as eligible for backlighting. Unfortunately the QMK +maintainers weren't interested (actually, now that I look back, I didn't submit +a pull request, but rather discussed it in a chat room), so it's not upstreamed. +Thus you'll have to add that patch (and +[this](https://github.com/sowbug/qmk_firmware/commit/ff17800ef4a9cba59d754c72720d6877edb8fbb9)) +to your copy of QMK and then enable it in config.h and rules.mk. + +## Building and flashing + +`qmk flash -kb sowbug/68keys -km default` |