Do you really need to unbrick your keyboard?
This guide will only help if the orange flashing LED will not activate even after pressing the flash button.
Keyboards with sam4s based chips
- Kira
- RE:Type
- Gemini Dawn / Dusk
Note: If your keyboard has multiple USB (out) ports, only one will function for BOSSA. Please try both ports if one doesn't function.
!> This procedure has the posiblity of leaving your keyboard in a bad state if you do not complete all steps. Proceed at your own caution!
- Begin by making sure your keyboard is plugged in to power.
- Using tweezers or another metal object to touch the two erase pads together for 30 seconds.
- Unplug the keyboard and plug it back in.
The flash mode led should be a faint orange at this point.
You can confirm the keyboard is detected by following the steps for your system below.
On windows Device Manager will show a bossa com port
On Mac System Information should show an "Communication Device" made by Atmel under USB -> USB Bus.
On linux lsusb should show a device called "SAMBA bootloader"
Bus 003 Device 017: ID 03eb:6124 Atmel Corp. at91sam SAMBA bootloader
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Download the latest BOSSA msi from https://github.com/kiibohd/BOSSA/releases/latest
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Follow the install wizard.
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Download the latest BOSSA dmg from https://github.com/shumatech/BOSSA/releases/latest
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Follow the install wizard.
- Launch the BOSSA application
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Install the 'bossa' aur package.
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Run
sudo bossafrom a terminal.
- Download the appropriate bootloader.bin file from here: Controller .bin Files
- Select the the Serial Port.
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Press Browse
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Select the
kiibohd_bootloader.binfile and press Open.
If an error pops up, press "Continue"
- Wait for the programming to complete
- Unplug and replug in your keyboard
The flashing led should be lit brightly.
You can now follow the Quickstart guide to flash your keyboard with the Configurator.