Getting Started

Enclosed is your custom built wireless Lily58 keyboard.

1. Turn on ("Right on, Left off.") each of the two halves using the small toggle under the USB-C port.
2. The keyboard should appear in bluetooth settings as "Lily58". Connect to it to pair your computer with the keyboard. Alternatively, connect a USB-C cable between the left half and your computer.
3. Type and turn knobs!

The default Lily58 keymap has been flashed onto the keyboard.

The hardware

• Hot swappable MX switch sockets
  The switches can be changed without any desoldering.
• Socketed nice!nano microcontrollers which can be removed for upgrades or replacement.
• nice!view low power OLED Screens
• EC11 Rotary Encoders
• Clones of Holy Panda key switches
• MT3 Keycaps. The keycaps can be be replaced with any other MX compatible keycaps--a keycap/switch pulling tool is needed.
• Lily58 designed by kata0510--a fellow software engineer in Japan.
  • PCB source
  • Keyboard firmware source in ZMK
• 3D Printed Case, and a custom display cover I needed

The keyboard is high profile. If you rest your palms when typing, the Fellowes Crystals Gel wrist rests work well with split keyboards--here's a cheaper option.

The software

• ZMK open source firmware
• Getting started with ZMK -- sets up a personal repository for re-configuring your keyboard. Let me know once you do, and I can open a PR for the changes needed to support the display (nice!view).
• The Online Visual Keymap editor provides a nice UI to edit keymaps and will open PRs against your zmk config repository.

Training sites

• keybr to learn key positions and reduce errors with adaptive machine learning.
• monkeytype to practice prose, symbols, and numbers (extremely configurable -- check the funbox).
• typing.io to practice coding.

Videos

• Are Split Keyboards Better For Ergonomics?
• Tools & Tips For Learning A New Keyboard Layout (Or How To Type Faster!)
• How to use an ergonomic keyboard in 5 easy steps

Support

Neary every part of the keyboard (switches, keycaps, case, etc) can be replaced or swapped with a different part you may like better. If you have any questions on using, programming, or any want to change any aspect of the keyboard, contact me at tim.twalker@gmail.com