Important information
- Each half can use around 300mA per hour, so it's around 600mA total.
- Each side has a 2370mAh battery. It can be compared to a 5000mAh power bank. You need to charge those for a very long time if you use a standard 1 amp charger or a 900mA USB 3.0 port.
- If you use, for example, a 5V 2A charger on each side (so two 5V 2A chargers), it would take less than 2 hours to charge both sides completely.
How to charge my Dygma keyboard
There are two ways to charge your Dygma keyboard.
1. Wired through the computer
Connect the sides of the keyboard to the neuron and the neuron to the computer.
Make sure the switches underneath the sides are turned off.
Things to consider when charging through the computer:
- A USB 2.0 port only charges at a 500mA rate, so depending on how bright your LEDs are, you may discharge the keyboard if you connect it to a USB 2.0 port while using it.
- Even a USB 3.0 port only delivers 900mA, so it would effectively charge at around 300mA while being used.
- If you charge the keyboard for less than 24 hours from a USB 3.0 port while using it, then your battery may never charge completely (the lower the LEDs, the less likely to happen)
- Please don't connect the sides of the keyboard directly to the computer. It can cause malfunctions.
2. With a phone charger
Connect each side directly to a phone charger. The charger must be a 5V USB charger with a maximum power of 10W—that's 5V at 2A.
Avoid using Power Delivery USB chargers or KVMs with a higher voltage or amperage, as this can damage the keyboard and is not covered under warranty.
If you charge your keyboard this way, turn off the sides.
How to improve battery life
Each side of the keyboard has a 2370 mAh battery, so it's 4740 mAh total. With the current firmware, the battery should last up to 20 hours with full LED brightness. With brightness at 30% and True Sleep active, you can expect 3-4 days, and without LEDs, a bit over that.
However, we are working to vastly improve that with future firmware updates. You can also configure different LED brightness settings to adjust battery consumption.
To make sure that you're getting the most out of your battery, please try the following:
- Update the firmware to the latest version; you can do so in the firmware update menu on Bazecor.
- Lower the brightness of your LEDs. You can configure your per-key and underglow LEDs separately under Preferences > LED. You can also configure different brightness for wired and wireless.
- Set a shorter LED timer off so the LEDs turn off sooner. You can do that under Preferences > LEDs
- Enable True Sleep and Energy Saving Mode under Preferences > Battery Management.
Keep in mind that to wake the keyboard from True Sleep, you need to press any alphanumeric key on each side. The keyboard will blink red briefly before reconnecting.
We want to reiterate that we're working to improve the battery life through firmware updates.