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+---
+title: Power Management Behaviors
+sidebar_label: Power Management
+---
+
+## Summary
+
+These page contains some of the power management behaviors currently supported by ZMK.
+
+## External Power Control
+
+The External power control behavior allows enabling or disabling the VCC power output
+to save power. Some of the LEDs will consume power even in OFF state. To preserve
+battery life in this scenario, some controller boards have support to disable the
+external power completely.
+
+The following boards currently support this feature:
+- nRFMicro
+- nice!nano
+
+## External Power Control Command Defines
+
+External power control command defines are provided through the [`dt-bindings/zmk/ext_power.h`](https://github.com/zmkfirmware/zmk/blob/main/app/include/dt-bindings/zmk/ext_power.h) header,
+which is added at the top of the keymap file:
+
+```
+#include <dt-bindings/zmk/ext_power.h>
+```
+
+This will allow you to reference the actions defined in this header such as `EXT_POWER_OFF_CMD`.
+
+Here is a table describing the command for each define:
+
+| Define | Action | Alias |
+| ------------ | -------------------------------------- | -------- |
+| `EXT_POWER_OFF_CMD` | Disable the external power. | `EP_OFF` |
+| `EXT_POWER_ON_CMD` | Enable the external power. | `EP_ON` |
+| `EXT_POWER_TOGGLE_CMD` | Toggle the external power. | `EP_TOG` |
+
+### Behavior Binding
+
+- Reference: `&ext_power`
+- Parameter#1: Command, e.g `EP_ON`
+
+### Example:
+
+1. Behavior binding to enable the external power
+
+ ```
+ &ext_power EP_ON
+ ```
+
+1. Behavior binding to disable the external power
+
+ ```
+ &ext_power EP_OFF
+ ```
+
+1. Behavior binding to toggle the external power
+
+ ```
+ &ext_power EP_TOG
+ ```
+
diff --git a/docs/docs/intro.md b/docs/docs/intro.md
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@@ -5,39 +5,41 @@ sidebar_label: Introduction
---
ZMK Firmware is an open source (MIT) keyboard
-firmware built on the [Zephyr™ Project](https://zephyrproject.org/) Real Time Operating System (RTOS).
-
-The goal is to provide a powerful, featureful keyboard firmware that is free
-of licensing issues that prevent upstream BLE support as a first-class
-feature.
+firmware built on the [Zephyr™ Project](https://zephyrproject.org/) Real Time Operating System (RTOS). ZMK's goal is to provide a modern, wireless, and powerful firmware free of licensing issues.
## Features
-At this point, ZMK is still missing many features. Currently, the working bits
-include:
-
-- Wireless connectivity via BLE HID Over GATT (HOG)
-- USB connectivity
-- Low active power usage
-- Split keyboard support
-- [Keymaps and layers](behavior/layers)
-- [Hold-tap](behavior/hold-tap) (which includes [mod-tap](behavior/mod-tap), [layer-tap](behavior/layers))
-- [Basic HID over USB](behavior/key-press)
-- [Basic consumer (media) keycodes](behavior/key-press#consumer-key-press)
-- [Encoders](feature/encoders)
-- Basic [OLED display support](feature/displays)
-- [RGB Underglow](feature/underglow)
-
-## Missing Features
-
-- One Shot Keys
-- Combo keys
-- Macros
-- Complete split support (encoders and RGB are not supported on the 'peripheral' side)
-- Battery reporting
-- Low power sleep states
-- Low power mode (to toggle LEDs and screen off)
-- Shell over BLE
+ZMK is currently missing some features found in other popular firmware. This table compares the features supported by ZMK, BlueMicro and QMK:
+
+
+| **Feature** | ZMK | BlueMicro | QMK |
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:-----------:|:------------:|:-----------:|
+| Low Latency BLE Support | ✅ | ✅ | |
+| Multi-Device BLE Support | ✅ | | |
+| USB Connectivity | ✅ | | ✅ |
+| User Configuration Repositories | ✅ | | |
+| Split Keyboard Support | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| [Keymaps and Layers](behavior/layers) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| [Hold-Tap](behavior/hold-tap) (which includes [Mod-Tap](behavior/mod-tap) and [Layer-Tap](behavior/layers/#layer-tap)) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| [Basic Keycodes](behavior/key-press) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| [Basic consumer (Media) Keycodes](behavior/key-press#consumer-key-press) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| [Encoders](feature/encoders)[^1] | ✅ | | ✅ |
+| [OLED Display Support](feature/displays)[^2] | 🚧 | 🚧 | ✅ |
+| [RGB Underglow](feature/underglow) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| One Shot Keys | 🚧 | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Combo Keys | 🚧 | | ✅ |
+| Macros | 🚧 | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Mouse Keys | | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Low Active Power Usage | ✅ | | |
+| [Low Power Sleep States](https://github.com/zmkfirmware/zmk/pull/211) | 🚧 | ✅ | |
+| [Low Power Mode (VCC Shutoff)](https://github.com/zmkfirmware/zmk/pull/242) | 🚧 | | |
+| [Battery Reporting](https://github.com/zmkfirmware/zmk/issues/47) | 🚧 | ✅ | |
+| Shell over BLE | | | |
+| Realtime Keymap Updating | 💡 | | ✅ |
+| AVR/8 Bit | | | ✅ |
+| [Wide Range of ARM Chips Supported](https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/index.html) | ✅ | | |
+[^2]: Encoders are not currently supported on peripheral side splits.
+[^1]: OLEDs are currently proof of concept in ZMK.
## Code Of Conduct
diff --git a/docs/sidebars.js b/docs/sidebars.js
index 93ce226..12b4a6e 100644
--- a/docs/sidebars.js
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@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ module.exports = {
"behavior/reset",
"behavior/bluetooth",
"behavior/lighting",
+ "behavior/power",
],
Development: [
"dev-clean-room",