Aurora: Is it possible to support QMK firmware?
Forgive me if i have a term wrong or im asking for the wrong thing, i'm not well versed with this. I'm wondering if it'd be possible to support QMK firmware a lot of custom keyboards use? here's their project if you're not familiar https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware
acme64
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I don't think you can modify QMK lighting without re-flashing it every single time.
clrxbl
on 25 Nov 2018
i feared that was the case
acme64
on 25 Nov 2018
In theory it is possible to communicate over USB serial with the keyboard but I do not know if there are firmware limitations. You should ask for usb serial rgb controll in the firmware repo.
gitmacer
on 25 Nov 2018
@acme64 Don't despair! It's possible, and not even that difficult!
@gitmacer I'm very familiar with the QMK firmware. There's been some development of a "RAW HID" protocol for keyboards that support an "RGB Matrix" component (basically, any keyboard with several addressable RGB leds can support the RGB matrix, but it's targeted at underglow and back-light RGB). I've done some work getting RGB Matrix to work with the Massdrop CTRL keyboard, which includes 119 RGB leds (1 under each of the 87 keys and 32 more around the side of the keyboard). The code on the PC side is actually extremely simple on Windows. My code has been mostly .NET P/Invoke calls directly to kernel32.dll, hal.dll, or usb.dll. I would recommend against a CDC endpoint in QMK since we tend to keep CDC for debugging (printf in our firmware generally routes to the CDC endpoint so anyone listening on our COM port gets the printf calls printed there.)
Edit: usb.dll isn't a thing. (Or, if it is, I don't use it.)
helluvamatt
on 16 Dec 2018
Unfortunately, my Massdrop CTRL developed a fault and had to be sent back for replacement.
When the replacement arrives, I'll see about getting an adapter written for Aurora to talk to my HID RAW protocol.
If anyone would like to have a look at the protocol from the firmware side, you can have a look at ctrl.c
helluvamatt
on 16 Dec 2018
@helluvamatt first of all thank you for your help! We really appreciate that.
But I think you did not fully understand our way to implement devices please have a look at these files. I think Atmoorb and Wooting are easy to understand ones: here.
The wrapper files are used to convert light signals from games that support "razer chroma", "lightfx" or other. If you have any additional question and want a fast answer you can always contact us over Discord here.
gitmacer
on 17 Dec 2018
@gitmacer Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!
It looks like the SteelSeriesHID device is going to be fairly close in that we are exposing a "vendor-defined HID class device" for host programs (such as Aurora to communicate with).
helluvamatt
on 17 Dec 2018
@helluvamatt I'm planning on looking into this feature soonish, and I was hoping you could upload any preliminary code you've got so-far. I'm sure I could figure stuff out myself, but it always helps to have a jumping-off point :)
daniel5151
on 28 Feb 2019
@daniel5151 I鈥檓 afraid not at the moment.
helluvamatt
on 1 Mar 2019
Oof. No problem tho. If you reconsider, let me know :)
daniel5151
on 1 Mar 2019
@helluvamatt Matt any word on this? I am willing to pay to help you finish it. Just got the Massdrop CTRL and I really want this working in Aurora.
Tyberious
on 27 Aug 2019
@helluvamatt I'd also be willing to throw down on a bounty to get this done for the CTRL.
eaaaaaaast
on 14 Sep 2019
@helluvamatt I would like to inquire on the progress of this? Also if you need any help? I have a CTRL and it would be amazing to have it sync with the rest of my razer gear.
Puddinglord
on 30 Oct 2019
So, anyone know whats up with this? i saw some sort of support was added to the QMK git, but i have no idea what that does?
acme64
on 11 Jan 2020
I was thinking of building a QMK keyboard. I would love to have aurora working on my own customized keyboard, so does anyone know if this is still being worked on?
TheNinty
on 12 Feb 2020
so i just built a QMK keyboard and would like to know if its possible?
Ming-A
on 2 Dec 2020
The best chance of having qmk support is through OpenRGB. Follow the relevant issue here: https://gitlab.com/CalcProgrammer1/OpenRGB/-/issues/633
As far as i know, this fork does have support for a massdrop keyboard, although it does require enabling some setting in the firmware: https://gitlab.com/Kasper24/OpenRGB/-/tree/qmk_rgb_matrix
I'm not very familiar with how the QMK support works but if you want more info join the OpenRGB discord.
diogotr7
on 2 Dec 2020
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I was thinking of building a QMK keyboard. I would love to have aurora working on my own customized keyboard, so does anyone know if this is still being worked on?