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title: "ZMK State Of The Firmware #1"
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author: Pete Johanson
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author_title: Project Creator
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author_url: https://gitlab.com/petejohanson
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author_image_url: https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2001ceff7e9dc753cf96fcb2e6f41110
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tags: [SOTF, keyboards, firmware, oss, ble]
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---
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Welcome to the first ZMK "State Of The Firmware"!
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With interest and Discord activity growing, it seemed important to lay out the progress made recently, current major bugs/showstoppers, and planned next steps.
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## Recent Activity
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There's been lots of various activity in ZMK land!
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- [Nicell](https://github.com/Nicell) (nice!nano creator) contributed initial [RGB Underglow](/docs/feature/underglow) ([#64](https://github.com/zmkfirmware/zmk/pull/64)) support to ZMK.
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- Tons of [documentation](/docs) work.
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- Refactoring ([#73](https://github.com/zmkfirmware/zmk/pull/73), [#74](https://github.com/zmkfirmware/zmk/pull/74)) of [keymaps](/docs/feature/keymaps) to make them simpler for users.
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- Mod-Tap Behavior (docs coming!) is much improved ([#69](https://github.com/zmkfirmware/zmk/pull/69)) and usable now.
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- An initial [`setup.sh`](http://localhost:3000/docs/user-setup#user-config-setup-script) script was created, allowing users to quickly bootstrap a "user config" setup and push it to GitHub, where GitHub Actions will build the firmware for you.
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- Corne shield ([#80](https://github.com/zmkfirmware/zmk/pull/80)) shield definition was added.
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- Initial [encoder](/docs/feature/encoders) support ([#61](https://github.com/zmkfirmware/zmk/pull/61)) was added.
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## Bugs and Showstoppers
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Despite the flurry of activity, there are still some serious bugs and show stoppers that potential ZMK users should be aware of:
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- [Bluetooth Related](https://github.com/zmkfirmware/zmk/issues/58) - There are several key bugs and fixes needed, including one complete show stopper:
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- <del>Fully working split wireless is not working. In particular, both split halves can properly pair, but once they do so, pairing with the _central_ host will not work. Workaround: You can currently have both halves pair, and use USB on the central side (Left side right now for Kyria, Corne, Lily58) and receive HID events over USB.</del> - Fixed in <a href="https://github.com/zmkfirmware/zmk/commit/8b61beb2bbc62f754db670ad77266f84edde041d">8b61beb</a>.
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- BT bond information is not currently stored to the devices, so after powering off or restarting your device, users need to re-pair
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- USB - There is one important USB related bug which is a showstopper:
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- <del>The Zephyr USB stack does not have a built in queue for endpoint data being written. As a result, HID events sent by ZMK are sometimes <a href="https://github.com/zmkfirmware/zmk/issues/84">dropped, or lost</a>.</del> - Fixed by <a href="https://github.com/careyk007">careyk007</a> in <a href="https://github.com/zmkfirmware/zmk/pull/93">#93</a>.
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## Next Steps
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There's plenty of places to go next! To help keep folks in the loop for what's next, I've created a [Core Functionality](https://github.com/zmkfirmware/zmk/projects/1) project/kanban board in GitHub, where users should be able to get some visibility into items being focused on.
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Of course, at the top of that list currently is the above bugs/showstoppers, and then from there, I hope to:
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- Work on power management.
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- Improve our documentation on various aspects of the system, mostly around:
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- End user documentation for understanding how to use ZMK, better installation docs, etc.
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- Developer focused documentation, so interested contributors can start building out more behaviors and ZMK functionality.
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- Implement true "hold" detection, useful for several behaviors such as Mod-Tap and Layer-Tap.
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- Hopefully acquire a proper and official USB Product ID for use for the project.
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- Fun things that come up along the way!
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## Thanks!
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A big thanks for everyone who has shown interest in the project, tested things, asked questions, and contributed PRs ([Nicell](https://github.com/Nicell), [CrossR](https://github.com/CrossR), [careyk007](https://github.com/careyk007)).
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