sudo apt install dfu-util -y
wget https://github.com/clockworkpi/DevTerm/raw/main/Code/devterm_keyboard/bin/DevTerm_keyboard_firmware_v0.3_utils.sh
chmod +x DevTerm_keyboard_firmware_v0.3_utils.sh
sudo ./DevTerm_keyboard_firmware_v0.3_utils.sh
an update, to fix the mouse mid button conflicts within scrolling mode
disable mouse mid button click while scrolling
Soooo nice to have a useable mouse! TY!
Wow! This is much better than the original firmware! Nice work! Finally the mouse pointer is not jumping!
I installed this right into the machine rather than through SSH. It installed correctly, and I rebooted. The trackpoint is much more navagatable now. I donāt observe any change to the keyboard. All three selector buttons for the trackpoint function as expected.
Is it possible to make it scroll any faster? Iāve got the speed/acceleration turned up to max and still having to scroll half a dozen times to get the pointer an inch across the screen.
Massive improvement! Thanks! 
Have you installed the firmware update as per these instructions? I can travel the entire width of the screen in one swipe with the latest version - though verticalās a little dodgier.
Yes. After rebooting it behaved a little better, but now both keyboard and trackball are completely inert. Iām having to get around with a USB mouse I have lying around, but I canāt enter passwords or anything.
Did you try reseating the keyboard on the pogo pins?
Also a thing I like to do to see if its something with the firmware or bad positioning is take it out and connect it to the devterm usb throught the keyboard microusb. If it works fine like that, its 100% connection issue with the pins
Just now reseated it in case it was that, yes, and it works. Not sure how that happened. But the trackball is still misbehaving. Maybe Iāll try reflashing it again in case it didnāt take.
This is better, but for me the trackball is a little finicky sometimes. I have a hard time making it go left. Often it will reach some kind of limit and stop there. Going right works fine most of the time. I donāt know if itās a hardware or firmware problem, so looking for how to revert to the stock firmware to test. Sometimes if I press a bit harder it works better, so maybe itās a hardware problem?
Woah! This is soo great!
Since I received my a04 on Thursday, Iām quite the noob and would really appreciate things like these being listed in some kind of āgetting startedā guide since this was a bit hard to find.
Lately itās doing better. I wonder if use has worked free something that was impeding it.
I consider it a fallback for when I donāt have my mobile mouse handy.
I have yet to see a trackball that small working really wellā¦
Considering the size I am astonished it is usable at all 
Just another note to say thank you for this!
I was really disappointed with the trackball the day I build my DevTerm but now itās usable
Running this updated FW and I have noticed that the CAPSLOCK key does not function correctly, does anyone else have this issue? I have also noticed that the gamepad buttons do not register as keypresses that will prevent the screen from sleeping. Is this due to how the gamepad buttons are handled in the FW?
Has anyone noticed that some key combos are locked out? Specifically, Iāve noticed itās impossible to press both up arrow (or down arrow) and left arrow (or right arrow) at the same time to get diagonals. If one is pressed then the other is ignored until the first key is released.
Is this something that could be fixed in the firmware?
The arrow keys are not that comfortable to use this way anyway, but Iāve found myself trying to and then being disappointed when they donāt work in a game, etc. The gamepad at the top does work for diagonals (I didnāt switch mine with the dip switch so itās still seen as a joystick), but the gamepad is so difficult to use and uncomfortable itās not even worth trying. The ESC key is also dangerously close to the gamepad, so when I have tried to use it I often found myself either quitting out of whatever it was I was doing, or at least bringing up a menu to disrupt things. Itās definitely something worth remapping in software if you plan on using the gamepad.
Awesome work! The glitchy trackball was the only and first issue i noticed after assembling my DevTerm.Can any of you guys give a feedback if the overall resolution of the trackball improves with this patch? I noticed that small movements of the trackball when selecting fine details often results in a more or less ājumpyā behaviour. Sometimes it is impossible to select small checkboxes because the curses jumps ~ 20-30 pixels at the same time.
Can anyone share his/her observations?
Thanks ans greetings
Nico
On the stock firmware, if you hold down the Fn key while using the trackball it engages āfine precisionā mode - removing those jumps, but making it move really slowly.
On the community firmware, thereās no need: default behaviour works for both small movements and big ones.
Has anyone noticed that some key combos are locked out? Specifically, Iāve noticed itās impossible to press both up arrow (or down arrow) and left arrow (or right arrow) at the same time to get diagonals. If one is pressed then the other is ignored until the first key is released.
I just noticed this, myself. Itās pretty frustrating and makes a lot of things not work. Iām looking into it myself but if somebody with more of a grasp on the code wanted to take a look I would really appreciate it!