keychron_qmk_firmware/keyboards/kinesis/nguyenvietyen

Viet's Kinesis + Pro Micro

July 2020

This work is inspired by alvicstep's solution. Instead of hooking up the Kinesis to a Teensy 2, this one hooks it up to a Pro Micro.

Kinesis Board Layout

The following is a reinterpretation of @chrisandreae's work.

Used Pins

• 8 columns mapped to output pins 21 - 28
• 16 rows mapped to 4 input pins: pin 39 - 36. Rows are traversed by iterating and setting 16 values from 0000 to 1111.
• 4 leds (e.g. capslock) mapped to input pin 1 - 4
• keypad key mapped to pin 5
• program key mapped to pin 6
• VCC mapped to pin 40

Matrix Configuration

The matrix configuration of the columns and rows on my Advantage is as follows:

	row 0	row 1	row 2	row 3	row 4	row 5	row 6	row 7	row 8	row 9	row A	row B	row C	row D	row E	row F
col0	F6	F8	F7	5%	4$	3#	2@	1!	=+
col1	F3	F5	F4	T	R	E	W	Q	Tab
col2	Esc	F2	F1	G	F	D	S	A	CapsLk
col3	F9	F11	F10	B	V	C	X	Z	LShift	Up		Down		[{	]}
col4	F12	ScrLk	PrtSc	Right		Left	Insert	~		6^	7&	8*		9(	0)	-_
col5	Pause			LAlt		Home		End		Y	U	I		O	P	|
col6				LCtrl	Delete	Bksp	RCtrl	Enter	Space	H	J	K		L	;:	'"
col7					RGUI		PageUp		PageDn	N	M	,<		.>	/?	RShift

(this is a modified copy from @alvicstep)

In the code, keypad and program keys are mapped respectively to col0 and col1 of row C, the 12th row.

Omitted Pins

There are pins that we currently omit:

• serial eeprom clock line mapped to pin 7
• serial eeprom data line mapped to pin 8
• EEPROM write protect mapped to pin 10.
• foot switch 1 mapped to pin 11
• PS/2 clock mapped to pin 12
• PS/2 data mapped to pin 13
• foot switch 2 mapped to pin 17
• foot switch 3 mapped to pin 15
• audio mapped to pin 32

DIP Socket

Here's an ASCII drawing of the 40 pin DIP socket.

   DL2   1  40  VCC
   DR1   2  39  A
   DR2   3  38  B
   DL1   4  37  C
   KPD   5  36  G
   PGM   6  35
   SCL   7  34
   SDA   8  33
   RST   9  32  BUZZ
    WP  10  31  EA
   FS1  11  30  ALE
 CLOCK  12  29  PSEN
  DATA  13  28  r8
        14  27  r7
   FS3  15  26  r6
        16  25  r5
   FS2  17  24  r4
 XTAL1  18  23  r3
 XTAL2  19  22  r2
   GND  20  21  r1

(this is copied from @wjanssens)

Pin Mapping to Pro Micro

The following table is ordered by physical Arduino pin order.

Arduino	Kinesis	Meaning
D3	36	G
D2	37	C
GND
GND
D1	38	B
D0	39	A
D4	1	DL2
C6	2	DR1
D7	3	DR2
E6	4	DL1
B4	5	KPD
B5	6	PGM
B6	21	r1
B2	22	r2
B3	23	r3
B1	24	r4
F7	25	r5
F6	26	r6
F5	27	r7
F4	28	r8
VCC	40
RESET
GND	20
RAW

Notes

• The rows are multiplexed. Instead of reading them out, one sets the row value and corresponding column values are returned through r1-r8.
• On my keyboard, the keypad and program key have dedicated pins. Since row 12 had no mapping in the physical matrix, there's a code override injects the keypad and program pins to the first two bits in the matrix.
• I've experimented with debouncing approaches. The current setting delivers a snappier feeling than Kinesis's factory default for me.