The Layout Described
This is the layout:
Normal
Considerations
- Symmetric Layout.
- Tenkeyless.
- Favor the use the finger instead of the pinkys for 'Enter', 'Tab'
& 'Del'.
- Use the right and left thumb.
- Remove keys harder to reach on the right side, like '-', '+', '[', ']', '\', 'Backspace' and left side: '`'
- Control key where it have to be.
- Less used Alt key above Control key.
- Better locate the numlock key.
- "Scroll lock"key kept for managing KVM (Keyboard / Video / Mouse) switches.
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esc
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | del | num lock |
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
64
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| alt | q | w | f | p | g | j | l | u | y | ; | alt | |||||
| ctrl | a | r | s | t | d | tab | enter | h | n | e | i | o | ctrl | |||
| shift | z | x | c | v | b | k | m | , | . | / |
shift | |||||
| home | pgdn | pgup | end | ← | ↓ | ↑ | → | |||||||||
| Back Space |
Alt-Gr | Fn | Space |
Fn Pressed
Considerations
- Access to Function Keys. F1 throught F12.
- Enable Caps Lock.
- Programming symbols on the home row: '(', '{', '[', ''', '`', '~','"', ']', '}', ')'
- Less used keys on other places.
- Multimedia keys.
- Fn + Win-* key left non modifiers key at their original state, so certain combinations are not possible with the key64, in this case the Win-* keys will act just as modifiers of the Normal layout.
- Fn + Tab = Windows_L / Superkey (keep in pressed state), disable again with Fn + Tab.
- Fn + Enter = Windows_R / Superkey (keep in pressed state), disable again with Fn + Enter
- Fn + Tab * 2 = Windows_L
- Fn + Enter * 2 = Windows_R
- Proposal: Menu key could be better represented with "Win Right"
- Left Hand bottons are now: sysrq, scroll, break, and windows menu key
- 64th key : pressing Fn + 64th key + <key> = Programming mode.
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esc
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F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | insert | caps lock |
F6 | F7 | F8 | F9 | F10 |
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| alt | F11 | F12 | - | < | \ | / | > | + | ~ | alt | ||||||
| ctrl | ( | { | [ | ' | ` | Win Left |
Win Right |
| | " | ] | } | ) | ctrl | |||
| shift | brig+ | brig- | _ | = | Play Pause |
Mute | Eject | shift | ||||||||
| sysrq | sclk | break | menu | Rew | Vol- | Vol+ | Fwd | |||||||||
| Back Space |
Alt-Gr | Fn | Space |
Alt-Gr Pressed
Considerations
- User configurable.
- Mostly resembles the colemak i18n Alt-Gr combinations.
- Idea: Alt-Gr + Tab =
Win Menu , Alt-Gr + Enter = Win Left, that will let type combinations
like Win Left + T in a ergonomic way.
Super Key is left to user operating system configuration as it can be reached using Fn-Tab or Fn-Enter.
- Embedded Mouse available.
Num Lock Pressed
Considerations
- Numlock on right side, activated easily.
- Standard character keys disabled.
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esc
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del | num lock |
clear |
7 | 8 | 9 |
64
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| alt | / | 4 | 5 | 6 | * | alt | ||||||||||
| ctrl | tab | enter | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | + | ctrl | ||||||||
| shift | = | 0 | 00 | . | shift | |||||||||||
| home | pgdn | pgup | end | ← | ↓ | ↑ | → | |||||||||
| Back Space |
Alt-Gr | Fn | Space |
Leds Usage
- There is a led on each side.
- Every Led is a dual color led, conventions:
- 0 = off
- 1 = green
- 2 = red
- This are the led combinations:
- 00 = normal
- 01 = num lock
- 10 = caps lock
- 11 = num & caps lock activated
- 20 = scroll lock
- 02 = mouse mode
- 21 = <not defined yet>
- 12 = <not defined yet>
- 22 = programming mode
First PCB Prototype
