Building Zeal60 Keymaps on OSX

Before starting, this guide requires Homebrew, which you can install from here: https://brew.sh

Open Terminal, and paste in the following. It will take a while to build, but you should be able to get it all done in one fell swoop:

cd
git clone https://github.com/Wilba6582/qmk_firmware.git
cd qmk_firmware
git branch zeal60
cd keyboards/zeal60
git submodule update --init --recursive
brew tap osx-cross/avr
brew install avr-gcc avr-libc dfu-programmer

You can then make your keymap, like so:

  • make keymap=default
  • make keymap=poker2_ansi
  • make keymap=poker2_iso
  • make keymap=hhkb_ansi

You can run them all if you want, but you’ll probably only need one 🙂

Once you have your firmware, you can flash like so (for HHKB ANSI):

sudo dfu-programmer atmega32u4 erase --force
sudo dfu-programmer atmega32u4 flash hhkb_ansi.hex
sudo dfu-programmer atmega32u4 reset

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8 Comments

  1. “cd keyboards/zeal60” doesn’t work because there’s no directory for zeal60 in keyboards/.

      1. Ah, yeah I figured it out when I saw the branch on GitHub. Thanks!

        Btw, how did you generate the hex files from keymap.c on Mac? Is it with avr-gcc?

          1. Got it. Luckily I was able to use the .hex file your provided in your other post since I’m using the same HHKB layout. 🙂

            I just finished my build not too long ago and noticed that the LEDs for the top right key (tilde/backtick) and Fn key don’t light up for me. Does yours light up?

            1. Don’t forget to bridge the solder joints as per the instructions that came with the board. It’s late here, but I can post them tomorrow if they didn’t come with yours.

              1. Wanted to update this thread. For whatever reason, the hex file I generated wasn’t setting the correct LED modes. I flashed using FLIP on my WIndows machine and they all work fine.

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