All about the ErgoDox EZ
- Configuring your ErgoDox
- Information about the ErgoDox EZ
- Articles and reviews
a.k.a. flashing the firmware
First, make sure:
- Your keyboard is plugged in
- You know what the "Teensy reset button" is (the tiny hole in the upper right). Alternatively, you can use the "teensy" key if it's in your keymap.
- Download the firmware.eep from this repository
Then:
- Download and run the Teensy Loader app
- Press and release the Teensy reset button
- Click the "Auto" button on the upper right hand side of the Teensy-Loader window
- Drag and drop the '.eep' file onto the Teensy loader window.
- Drag and drop the '.hex' file onto the Teensy loader window.
- Press and release the Teensy reset button
Notes:
- If this process fails in the "Auto" button stage, try dragging in a .eep and a .hex file, then pressing auto and restarting the process from the beginning.
- For a more detailed account, check out the ergodox-firmware repository
- keyboard-configurator from massdrop
- Works and looks good check the comments on that page for information about special keys, like hold-key-for-layer and media keys
- Isn't open source. Doesn't provide a way to load other people's configurations into the tool.
- fusion
- Open source. Work in progress. Will exist soon.
You can download these configurations and use them. Right now, there are images to preview, but once the ErgoDox configuration too.
- Seth Herr - mac user, lover of the control key.
- Default ErgoDox EZ configuration - what ErgoDox EZs com with
- Daniel Cardin's
- German Language OSX keyboard by sboesebeck (English writeup, German writeup)
Do you have your own configuration? Please add it to this list in a pull request, it would be great to build an extensive list.
This requires a little bit of familiarity with coding.
- Go to github.com/jackhumbert/qmk_firmware and read the Readme at the base of the repository, top to bottom.
- Follow the instructions for ergodox_ez configuration
- Create a repository to track your configuration and add it to this readme
The ErgoDox EZ was created by Erez, who ran a successful Indiegogo campaign in 2015 and shipped keyboards in December of 2015
You can still purchase one on the indiegogo page.
The compact and ergonomic open-source ErgoDox mechanical keyboard, fully assembled in Taiwan in an injection-molded ABS plastic case, with:
- Two independent halves connected by a 3.5mm jack cable (replace cable for custom length)
- USB jack and starter cable (replace cable for custom length) a full (including flashing alternative firmware, switching keycaps, but not opening case or dunking in aquarium) 2-year manufacturer's warranty
- A Teensy 2 (32 KB) micro-controller running QMK firmware with support for N-key rollover (NKRO), unicode input up to at least 0xfff, mouse keys, and fully customizable layouts
- Printed keycaps in DSA (flat) profile
- Blank keycaps come in DCS (sculptured) profile.
- Tilt/Tent kit: six rubber-footed metal legs for custom tilt (front-to-back) and tent (side-to-side) angle adjustments of each keyboard half, standard thumb screw size
- Wing wrist rest
- one-handed version (seen by computer as 2 keyboards)
This list is ongoing and a work in progress. Please update with more information!
- home row indicators, e.g. Part # 223-999-0253
- o-ring dampers
- graffiti wrist rests
- Custom 3.5mm and/or USB cables
- New/custom keycaps: WASD, Signature, etc.
- Bluetooth adapters, e.g. Nulaxy (compatibility?)
- Deskthority ErgoDox article
- Why any developer should check out the ErgoDox keyboard
- makeuseof: Why Hardware Startups Are Hard: Bringing the ErgoDox to Life
- The Evolution And Commercialization Of The ErgoDox Keyboard
- Typing an DIY ErgoDox — video
- geekhack: How are you liking your ErgoDox?
- DIY Infinity ErgoDox
Much thanks to @inkthink for his original unofficial wiki, @sethherr and @ezuk