#Dactyl (Pro Micro)

A split body, concave shaped key well, columnar keyboard with a 6 key thumb cluster that takes inspiration from the Kinesis Advantage keyboard range. This rendition of the Dactyl requires two micro controllers rather than the original implementation of a micro controller and I/O expander.

• Keyboard Maintainer: Matt Adereth
• Hardware Supported: Pro Micro controller, or clones of
• Hardware Availability: GitHub

Make example for this keyboard (after setting up your build environment):

make handwired/dactyl_promicro:default

Flashing example for this keyboard:

make handwired/dactyl_promicro:default:flash

See the build environment setup and the make instructions for more information. Brand new to QMK? Start with our Complete Newbs Guide.

#Optional Hardware

A speaker can be hooked-up to either side to the 5 (C6) pin and GND, and turned on via AUDIO_ENABLE.

#Bootloader

Enter the bootloader in 2 ways:

• Physical reset button: Briefly press the button on the back of the PCB - some may have pads you must short instead
• Keycode in layout: Press the key mapped to QK_BOOT if it is available