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Description
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* Keymapper - An Arduino-based hardware QWERTY keyboard layout remapper.
* Last updated: 26 November 2013
What you can do with it?
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1. You can design your own keyboard layout with real hardware support
2. You can cheat your friend with it or do some other evil things :P
3. Just think about it!
How to use this
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##Hardware support
* Arduino Leonardo with [Circuits@Home USB Host Shield 2.0](http://www.circuitsathome.com/products-page/arduino-shields/usb-host-shield-2-0-for-arduino-assembled)
* Teensy 2.0 with [Circuits@Home USB Host Shield for Arduino Pro Mini](http://www.circuitsathome.com/products-page/arduino-shields/usb-host-shield-for-arduino-pro-mini)
##Hardware assemble
1. Stack the USB Host Shield on top of Arduino Leonardo, for Teensy, soldering work is required, you may refer to [this page](http://forum.colemak.com/viewtopic.php?id=1561)
2. Import [USB Host Shield 2.0 library](https://github.com/felis/USB_Host_Shield_2.0) to Arduino IDE
3. Connect the stack to your computer and upload the sketch
4. Plug your USB keyboard to the USB Host shield
5. Done! Happy keyboard hacking :)
##Keyboard layout switching
* QWERTY is the default layout
* To change layout, press:
- CTRL+SHIFT+0: QWERTY (Default)
- CTRL+SHIFT+1: Tarmak1
- CTRL+SHIFT+2: Tarmak2
- CTRL+SHIFT+3: Tarmak3
- CTRL+SHIFT+4: Tarmak4
- CTRL+SHIFT+5: Colemak
- CTRL+SHIFT+6: Dvorak
- CTRL+SHIFT+7: Workman
Acknowledgement
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Thanks to original author: [darkytoothpaste](https://github.com/darkytoothpaste/keymapper)