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		Palomides on Dec 17, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kinesis Advantage 360 > ZMK instead of adding BT support to QMK? speculation, but I'm pretty confident: ZMK is MIT licensed and QMK is GPL

twalla on Dec 17, 2021 [–]

ZMK is built on top of Zephyr while QMK is built on top of ChibiOS - I'm not super familiar with the specifics but it's my understanding that the way ZMK/Zephyr handles bluetooth and matrix scanning is like an order of magnitude more energy efficient.

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