# Overview A Balance 12 layout for the Atreus keyboard. Balance 12 was created by Sasha Viminitz. Please see [this page](https://mathematicalmulticore.wordpress.com/the-keyboard-layout-project/) for some background on the design of the layout. * The variant used here is a mirror of the original for left-handers * The central column of punctuation keys has been moved elsewhere * Home positions for the left and right forefingers are *T* and *A* respectively ## To build/flash > make atreus:yttyx:avrdude ## Layers ### Base: .----------------------------------. .------------------------------. | P | L | C | D | W | | U | O | Y | K | Q | +------+------+------+-----+-------| |------+-----+-----+-----+-----| | N | R | S | T | M | | A | E | I | H | V | +------+------+------+-----+-------| |------+-----+-----+-----+-----| | Z | J | F | G | B | | , | . | ; | X | - | +------+------+------+-----+-------+---------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----| | Shft | Ctl | Alt | BS | Space | L1 | R1 | Shft | R2 | Win | Ctl | Alt | '---------------------------------------------------------------------------' ### L1: .---------------------------------. .--------------------------------. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | |------+------+------+----+-------| |------+----+-----+------+-------| | Tab | ? | = | - | _ | | ' | " | + | * | Enter | |------+------+------+----+-------| |------+----+-----+------+-------| | Esc | ! | & | | | | , | . | ; | | - | |------+------+------+----+-------+---------+------+----+-----+------+-------| | Shft | Ctrl | Alt | Bk | Space | L1 | R1 | Shft | R2 | Sup | Ctrl | Alt | '----------------------------------------------------------------------------' ### R1: .---------------------------------. .-------------------------------. | < | > | { | } | @ | | $ | £ | | | R3 | +------+------+-----+-----|-------| |------+----+-----+------+------| | [ | ] | ( | ) | # | | ' | " | ~ | ` | Caps | |------+------+-----+-----+-------| |------+----+-----+------+------| | / | \ | ^ | | | % | | , | . | ; | | PScn | |------+------+-----+-----+-------+---------+------+----+-----+------+------| | Shft | Ctrl | Alt | Del | Space | L1 | R1 | Shft | R2 | Sup | Ctrl | Alt | '---------------------------------------------------------------------------' ### R2: .-----------------------------------. .--------------------.-----------------. | F12 | F11 | F10 | F9 | Copy | | Home | Up | End | PgUp | Insert | |------+------+------+------+-------| |------+------+------+------+----------| | F8 | F7 | F6 | F5 | Paste | | Left | Down | Right| PgDn | Enter | |------+------+------+------+-------| |------+------+------+------+----------| | F4 | F3 | F2 | F1 | Cut | | ^Tab | | Tab | | | |------+------+------+------+-------+---------+------+------+------+------+----------| | Shft | Ctrl | Alt | Del | Undo | L1 | R1 | Shft | R2 | Sup | Ctrl | WinRight | '------------------------------------------------------------------------------------' ### R3: .----------------------------. .------------------------. | RESET | | | | | | | | | | R3 | |-------+----+-----+----+----| |----+----+----+----+----| | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------+----+-----+----+----| |----+----+----+----+----| | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------+----+-----+----+----+---------+----+----+----+----+----| | | | | | | | | | | | | | '---------------------------------------------------------------'