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--- guides:converters_and_conversion_masterpost [02 Feb 2024 23:37] – eris
+++ guides:converters_and_conversion_masterpost [03 Feb 2024 01:52] (current) – eris
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 === Commercial converters ===
 === Firmware ===
+There are a variety of firmwares available for active converters for these protocols. However, almost all of them have been superseded by purdeaandrei's excellent [[https://github.com/purdeaandrei/vial-qmk-with-ibmpc-usb-converter|QMK/Vial port of the TMK ibm_pc converter]]. A direct download of the firmware for Pro Micro based-converters is [[https://github.com/purdeaandrei/vial-qmk-with-ibmpc-usb-converter/releases/download/v0.0.6/converter_ibmpc_usb_atmega32u4_caterina_vial.hex|here]]. This firmware handles all Set 1, Set 2 and Set 3 protocols, as well as handling keyboards that use the reset line (if wired).
+This firmware allows for dynamic remapping, as well as all the other QMK features common to modern keyboards. You will typically see a lot of older content in the hobby talking about Soarer's converters - this firmware was last updated in 2014 and is now extremely outdated and incompatible with a number of edge case boards. **We recommend avoiding it**.
 ==== ADB ====
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 === Commercial converters ===
 ===Firmware===
+Historically, the firmware used was the t.m.k. ADB converter firmware, though in recent years this was ported first to QMK, and then also to Vial. [[https://wiki.keyboard.institute/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=guides:adb.hex|A Vial port of the ADB converter firmware can be downloaded here]], which has support for all ADB keyboard layouts.