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- # Pteron56
- 
- The Pteron56 is a 56-key vertically staggered ortholinear keyboard with a 15 degree inward tilt per hand.
- 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.
- Users have reported reduced finger movement, reduced wrist movement, and better typing comfort and swiftness with the Pteron layouts compared to a standard keyboard.
- * Keyboard Maintainer: [Alex Moore](https://github.com/kraken-jokes)
- * Hardware Supported:
- * PCB: Pteron56v0.2, Pteron56v0.2hsu, Pteron56v0.3, Pteron56v0.4e
- * MCU: Pro-Micro, Elite-C
- * Hardware Availability: moorekeys.etsy.com. Open source though so it varies.
- Make example for this keyboard (after setting up your build environment):
- make pteron56:default
- Flashing example for this keyboard:
- make pteron56:default:flash
- 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).
- ## Bootloader
- Enter the bootloader thusly:
- * **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.
- Thumb and pinky is my method, but do what you will.