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Split Keyboards

Gal Zaidenstein edited this page Apr 22, 2019 · 2 revisions

Split Keyboards

The simplest way to create a split board is to simply create two individual boards, each with the keymap corresponding to it. At the moment this method is better in regards to battery consumption.

Split Keyboards with ESPNOW

Another option for split boards is the usage of ESP-NOW, this method is more power-hungry but behaves as a single pad and does not require pairing two different pads.

Pad communication

  • MK32 Currently supports split keyboard with 2 different pads (should support up to ~10 in the future).
  • A Pad defined as the "Master Pad" receives reports from a "Slave Pad" via the ESP-NOW Protocol.
  • The "Master Pad" itself communicates with the host via BLE.

Making a split keyboard