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Help me find the perfect 60-65% (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have a Zoom65v2 that's almost perfect but doesn't support QMK so I've been shopping around and wanted to get the community's opinions before making a decision.

My criteria:

size: 60-65%
firmware: QMK
layout standard: ansi
layout ergonomics: normal
hot-swappable: required, my soldering days are behind me
per-key RGB (QMK rgb_matrix) is a must have
underlighting (QMK rgblight) would be a plus

The kprepublic bm60/bm68 and Tofu 60/65 (2.0) are currently at the top of my list. I have a bm40 that I could only love more if it had more code space.

(I'm selling the Zoom65v2 if anyone is interested.)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

idk my keyboard is wired. but keychron says the wireless ones are running qmk as well if i'm not mistaken.

it literally says QMK in the listing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Totally, I saw that they are listed as QMK and wireless, I’m just curious how they figured that out when as far as I know there are basically no other QMK keyboards running wirelessly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Seems like QMK can handle use over Bluetooth at 90 hertz polling, and configuration only while plugged in. None of the QMK Keychron boards seem to include a 2.4GHz dongle polling at the same 1000hz as the wired connection.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Okay, so you’re saying that the QMK keychron boards, when over Bluetooth, are a much higher latency than when plugged in.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yes, though 90Hz is fine for general computing and non-enthusiast gaming. It also seems like some Keychrons may need to be configured in QMK to use the full 1000Hz in wired mode.