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BM-16A 16-Key Programmable Mini Pad Kit
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BM-16A 16-Key Programmable Mini Pad Kit
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If you have room for it, a mini pad makes an excellent companion to your keyboard. This kit comes with everything you need—sans switches and keycaps—to build your own Read More
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keyboard_arrow_downegstad
21
Oct 20, 2019
I've been looking forward to getting this in the mail for months! Just got in the mail today. :)
Sad to say that the build quality is less than desirable - my red unit is covered in scratches and the mounting plate's drill holes were poorly made and consistently rattle. Little to no instructions on how to build or setup. On top of that, how is this not hot-swappable?
My advice is to not buy this kit!
anon123
5
Oct 15, 2019
Is there a way to secure the grid plate thingy. Mine floats around and rattles when i move it.
equuleus
20
Jul 14, 2019
Package of the how to program/flash the BM-16A is here.
(Download the files and extract them)
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11DowBYrFN_uCNa9Q9bXwuMn91vmZYBcG?usp=sharing
The source is here.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32970629907.html
Buzzmx
5
May 7, 2019
Has anyone programed this yet?
Can someone point me in the right direction?
Buzzmx
5
Aug 2, 2020
SandersoniI got them of the Marketplace at https://deskthority.net/.
the only info the seller had was that they where NOS double shots from German.
I fell in love with the 'divide', 'times' and the 1u '+'
Kyle.ver.2.0
0
Apr 21, 2019
Just got the mini pad and the 16th key doesn't register on keyboard tester, is this an fn key?. [4]x[4] Anyone experience the same thing?
AlwaysWoz
2
Apr 22, 2019
Kyle.ver.2.0Yep it's the Fn key. 16th key + 1st key gets the pad into bootloader mode to flash with QMK.
Kyle.ver.2.0
0
Apr 22, 2019
AlwaysWozThanks for the reply! Soldered it up and sure enough it's Fn. Thanks again!
AceMoon
16
Mar 6, 2019
For people who want QMK on the BM16-A, here's a very rough port I did:
https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/ay2dlf/ported_bm16a_macropad_to_qmk/
qmdbmp
2
Feb 20, 2019
*** QMK Toolbox (https://qmk.fm/toolbox)
Supporting following bootloaders:
- DFU (Atmel, LUFA) via dfu-programmer (http://dfu-programmer.github.io/)
- Caterina (Arduino, Pro Micro) via avrdude (http://nongnu.org/avrdude/)
- Halfkay (Teensy, Ergodox EZ) via teensy_loader_cli (https://pjrc.com/teensy/loader_cli.html)
- STM32 (ARM) via dfu-util (http://dfu-util.sourceforge.net/)
- Kiibohd (ARM) via dfu-util (http://dfu-util.sourceforge.net/)
- BootloadHID (Atmel, ps2avrGB, CA66) via bootloadHID (https://www.obdev.at/products/vusb/bootloadhid.html)
- Atmel SAM-BA via mdloader (https://github.com/patrickmt/mdloader)
And the following ISP flasher protocols:
- USBTiny (AVR Pocket)
- AVRISP (Arduino ISP)
*** ASASTeK COMPUTER INC.: ASASTeK COMPUTER INC. connected -- 0B05:1837:0002 (7&16cdb93a&0&0000)
*** ASASTeK COMPUTER INC.: ASASTeK COMPUTER INC. connected -- 0B05:1837:0002 (7&16cdb93a&0&0001)
! There are no devices available
! There are no devices available
! There are no devices available
! There are no devices available
! There are no devices available
Please help " There are no devices available" , but I already shot the two pins and power on, the led is off.
ChitownM2
737
Feb 13, 2019
Hey MD, I'd buy this, and you know, spend money on your site if you would answer my question about how this can be programmed with QMK.
ChitownM2
737
Feb 13, 2019
Yeah I saw it is in the repository, but like I said, the underside of the PCB looks different between the two so the keymapping and other items in the firmware may be different. "QMK compatible" could just mean that the chip on the PCB is capable of running QMK but not that anyone has actually written firmware for it. Doing so is beyond my ability and I'm not going to buy it hoping that someone else has the desire and gets around to it eventually.
Dailyskeptic
22
Feb 13, 2019
ChitownM2"QMK but not that anyone has actually written firmware"
These seems likely - sorry!
Edit: The boards and the features seem nearly identical, it looks like the only difference is USB Mini vs USB C
(Edited)
daniel.walmsley
118
Feb 10, 2019
Why doesn't this include an option to get switches and keycaps? Seems like it would be far more compelling if it was a complete kit.
ChitownM2
737
Feb 11, 2019
daniel.walmsleyCaps would be worthwhile as acquiring 16 keycaps is a pain and/or expensive since you usually have to buy a lot more. Switches on the other hand are are easy to come by and a lot of the people who are interested in this probably have 16 of their favorite switches laying around.
daniel.walmsley
118
Feb 11, 2019
ChitownM2Any tips on where to buy switches? If I can find cherry browns cheap I might join this drop. I think I have some spare caps.
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