zmkBATx

Opensource tool for peripheral battery monitoring zmk split keyboard over BLE for linux.

Overview

The zmkBATx is opensource app shows bluetooth device battery status in tray for zmk split keyboard and has been designed for show only device BLE communcation using Dbus interface from bluez.

ZMK config (Peripheral battery monitoring)

If you want to report the battery levels of both sides of a split keyboard, you should have both CONFIG_ZMK_SPLIT_BLE_CENTRAL_BATTERY_LEVEL_PROXY and CONFIG_ZMK_SPLIT_BLE_CENTRAL_BATTERY_LEVEL_FETCHING set to y. ref: https://zmk.dev/docs/config/battery

Requirements

• Linux only
• SimpleBluez: C++ abstraction layer for BlueZ over DBus. (Linux only)

• https://github.com/OpenBluetoothToolbox/SimpleBLE

• libdbus-1-dev
• Qt6

License

zmkBATx is licensed under the MIT.