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writing firmware to drop alt keyboard (new firmwares persists on smarteeprom)
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References:

Download the mdloader cli tool here https://github.com/Massdrop/mdloader Configure your firmware. drop has a handy online tool to configure and download here https://drop.com/mechanical-keyboards/configurator/preset/alt--default

put keyboard into reset mode by holding down fn+b for 3s (all LEDs should turn off)

mdloader --list  # Should list the device if it's in the correct mode
mdloader --first --download FILE_NAME --restart

where FILE_NAME is the name of the firmware bin file downloaded

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