KinTwin

KinTwin is a drop-in replacement of a controller and thumb cluster PCB boards for Kinesis Contoured keyboards. The controller board is a fork of KinBP.

Keyboard

Kinesis keyboard

Controller

KinTwin controller

The main difference between KinTwin and KinT controllers is that the former utilizes Blackpill STM32F401 development board and the latter utilizes Teensy development boards.

  • Keyboard Maintainer: Alex Stepanov
  • Hardware Supported: KinTwin PCB, WeAct Black Pill STM32F401 micro controller
  • Hardware Availability: Open Source (CC-BY-SA)

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

make kinesis/kintwin:default

Flashing example for this keyboard:

make kinesis/kintwin:default:flash

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

Bootloader

Enter the bootloader in 3 ways:

  • Bootmagic reset: Hold down the top left key and plug in the keyboard.
  • Physical reset button. Hold 'boot0' button on MCU board, press 'reset', then release 'boot0'.
  • Keycode in layout: Press the key mapped to QK_BOOT if it is available