I've been using this Ferris Sweep keyboard daily since Summer 2024. I didn't intend to fall down the keyboard rabbit hole, but it's been a surprisingly delightful experience!
This repository holds its firmware configuration.
I didn't start here, though; I first tweaked the thoughtful Miryoku layout and used that quite happily for some time. Now that I understand it all a little better, I'm dropping down to this level so that I can tinker a little more freely.
- Removed the button and mouse, layers, since I wasn't really using them.
- Removed additional features (boot, base, tap, extra, opposite, current).
- Removed keys I didn't use (insert, RGB, power & output toggles, scroll lock).
- Added lots of combos inspired by urob's zmk-config. I was noticing soreness in my left thumb that I think was due to heavy usage with space, nav, and escape all there. I am hoping moving nav and escape will help.
- While I am here, I'm also experimenting with all his symbol combos. I haven't had soreness in my right thumb, but I do have trouble remembering where all the braces and brackets are in Miryoku, so maybe these combos will help.
Many of these are experimental layers for alternative layouts, largely inspired by Pascal Getreuer's guide. I continue to play with these in the background, curious to see if I'll find something I like better enough than Colemak-DH to take the muscle memory hit.
- Adding a Focal layer. I gave this a quick test in late 2024, then returned in May 2025, almost deciding to make the switch. When I'm ready for the muscle-memory hit, I think this is the one.
- Adding a Sturdy layer. I gave this an honest run, using it for work for almost a week in January 2025, and while it did feel nice, it wasn't enough better than Colemak-DH for me to suffer the muscle memory hit. I was curious about Magic Sturdy, so maybe that's a project for a future day.
- Adding a Canary layer. I played with it for a little while but decided to concentrate on Sturdy instead. Vylet as a next step did look interesting!
- Adding a Gallium layer. I didn't like the pinky to inner index lateral stretch for NG much. I've preemptively ruled out Graphite for having the same feature. So I think this means I want low LSBs, which is funny, because both of those layouts do have low metrics there. Maybe it's just the NG that gets me.
- Adding a Qwerty layer so friends could test-drive the keyboard more easily. I tried to gather interest over Christmas, and I think this is just going to be my own personal hobby, lol.
Thanks to caksoylar/keymap-drawer.