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65% keyboard assembled with only through hole components, including usb type-c
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Bluetooth for V3 #13

Closed louia closed 4 years ago

louia commented 4 years ago

is there any plans to add bluetooth and battery ?

coseyfannitutti commented 4 years ago

Not at this time, no. That would require either using an expensive 32u4 Feather BLE from Sparkfun or adding smd parts that also need to be programmed in such a way that would prevent this kit from being sold and built as it is now.

The lack of extensive Bluetooth support with qmk and potential headaches with connectivity limitations for users doesn't help. It's just not a priority at the moment.

However, this design could be edited by someone looking for a project to use something like the 32u4 Feather BLE from Sparkfun. That board will, however have significantly less i/o pins and would require a port expander and significant changes to the firmware. One of my other smaller boards like the Romeo or Discipad could be adapted for use with the Feather without using a port expander.

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louia commented 4 years ago

Thanks for your explication and your response.

And about using an ESP32 with the builtin bluetooth ? this card is cheap and available A gist already exist

louia commented 4 years ago

After some search on the www, i discover this project but it doesnt compatible with QMK and on reddit i found this reply if one day it may be usefull for you or for someone else : reddit

coseyfannitutti commented 4 years ago

Maybe. We'll see how porting of new microcontrollers and alternate firmware options develop. If it is possible to keep the user experience as easy and friendly as QMK and VIA, then it may be something to consider.