[Feature Request] Instructions for flashing Pi 500 keyboard?

[geerlingguy]

Feature Request Type

• Core functionality
• Add-on hardware support (eg. audio, RGB, OLED screen, etc.)
• Alteration (enhancement/optimization) of existing feature(s)
• New behavior

Description

I would like to know if and how I could re-flash my Pi 500's keyboard with a new key layout. Or if I could use the graphical configurator to do so? It'd be great to remap some keys easily, without resorting to Linux-y stuff.

[timg236]

Please see the releases.zip for reflashing the .uf2 file

[nbuchwitz]

https://github.com/raspberrypi/QMK/blob/pi500/keyboards/rpi/pi500/README.md#programming-the-keyboard

[geerlingguy]

Thanks! Is it worthy of adding a section to the top-level README file in this fork, or is that intended to match upstream?

[timg236]

Once the dust has settled I think we look at upstreaming the Pi500 QMK support and creating a minimal APT package for this. Although that will also require an APT package for picotool.

[timg236]

Thanks! Is it worthy of adding a section to the top-level README file in this fork, or is that intended to match upstream?

At a guess, we will have a downstream fork of the QMK repo containing just the pending patches. Pi500 specific instructions and tools will likely be in a separate repo / package.

I've added a unified SD card recovery image to the release e.g. if someone flashes a non functional QMK image to their Pi500 then they would need either SSH / UART / spare-keyboard to flash an alternate image. The SD image resets both the BCM2712 and firmware and RP2040 firmware to factory defaults.

https://github.com/raspberrypi/QMK/releases/tag/pi500-v1.0

[geerlingguy]

@timg236 - All good to hear! I think it may even be adequate to have a dedicated 'Pi 500 Keyboard' section in the Docs, if the instructions could live there. Especially if the stuff is upstreamed into QMK (which would be ideal IMO).

A package install would be convenient, as would GUI-based remapping/tweaks, which are so fun for keyboard enthusiasts with all those fancy Keychrons and such!