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1 # Pteron56 2 3  4 5 The Pteron56 is a 56-key vertically staggered ortholinear keyboard with a 15 degree inward tilt per hand. 6 7 Initially developed by [FSund](https://github.com/fsund), this keyboard was designed to potentially reduce wrist and typing strain by offsetting the keys in a manner that mimics the natural stagger of the human hand with 4 thumb keys per side arranged around an ~85mm arc to mimic the swimg of one's mighty thumbs. 8 9 Users have reported reduced finger movement, reduced wrist movement, and better typing comfort and swiftness with the Pteron layouts compared to a standard keyboard. 10 11 * Keyboard Maintainer: [Alex Moore](https://github.com/kraken-jokes) 12 * Hardware Supported: 13 * PCB: Pteron56v0.2, Pteron56v0.2hsu, Pteron56v0.3, Pteron56v0.4e 14 * MCU: Pro-Micro, Elite-C 15 * Hardware Availability: moorekeys.etsy.com. Open source though so it varies. 16 17 Make example for this keyboard (after setting up your build environment): 18 19 make pteron56:default 20 21 Flashing example for this keyboard: 22 23 make pteron56:default:flash 24 25 See the [build environment setup](https://docs.qmk.fm/#/getting_started_build_tools) and the [make instructions](https://docs.qmk.fm/#/getting_started_make_guide) for more information. Brand new to QMK? Start with our [Complete Newbs Guide](https://docs.qmk.fm/#/newbs). 26 27 ## Bootloader 28 29 Enter the bootloader thusly: 30 * **Keycode in layout**: Press and hold the right most thumb key on the left side (LT(2(KC_ALT)) and while that is held, hit the top left key on the left side of the keyboard (KC_ESC) which will reset the board and enter bootloader mode. 31 Thumb and pinky is my method, but do what you will.