# Simchee's BM40HSRGB Simple Design for US ANSI international, German and Turkish letters are written using dead keys on Linux. Keyboard hasn't been tested on Windows. # Flashing ```bash qmk flash -kb kprepublic/bm40hsrgb -km simchee -bl dfu ``` # Layout ## QWERTZ Changes from standard ANSI keyboard for better ergonomic: switch ctrl and GUI (Windows) keys, escape at left bottom, tab on left top. ``` .-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. | Tab | Q | W | E | R | T | Z | U | I | O | P | Bkspc | |-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ | Fn1 | A | S | D | F | G | H | J | K | L | ; | / | |-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ | LShift| Y | X | C | V | B | N | M | , | . | AUp | Enter | |-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ | Esc | GUI | LCtrl | LAlt | Lower | Space | Raise | AltGr | ALeft | ADown | ARight| °-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------° ``` ## Lower Lower layout is mainly for numpad on the right side with navigation keys for lazy left handed navigation. Left side of Lower also provides media and RGB control. ``` .-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. | TAB | PUp | Up | PDow | Home | F5 | ^ | 7(/) | 8(() | 9()) | 0(=) | Bkspc | |-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ | Fn1 | Left | Down | Right | End | | # | 4($) | 5(%) | 6(&) | * | / | |-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ | Shift | Mute | VUp | VDo | PP | Prev | Next | 1(!) | 2(") | 3(§) | + | Enter | |-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ | ESC | RGB | LCtrl | LAlt | Lower | Space | , | 0(=) | . | -(_) | | °-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------° ``` ## Raise Raise is used for non-alphanumerical chars. ``` .-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. | ^ | ! | @ | | $ | % | & | * | ( | ) | ? | ~ | |-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ | Fn1 | | | | | | | ´ | [({) | ](}) | ' | /(|) | |-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ | | - | | | | | | | < | > | =(+) | # | |-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ | | | | | Lower | Space | Raise | AltGr | | | | °-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------° ``` ## Fn1 Fn1 provides function keys, as well as Vim-style navigation on the right side for when using the keyboard with both hands. ``` .-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. | F12 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | F6 | F7 | F8 | F9 | F10 | Del | |-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ | Fn1 | F11 | | | | | Home | PDown | PUp | End | | | |-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ | LShift| Caps | | | | | ALeft | ADown | AUp | ARight| | MRight| |-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ |QC_MAKE| | | | Lower | Space | Bkspc | | | PrScr | Ins | °-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------° ```