createflow Dongle 0.1.3

Turns an EBYTE E104-BT5040U (or Nordic nRF52840 Dongle) into a wireless dongle for the Naya Create.

What works: keys, touchpad, dials, media keys. Pairs once, reconnects on its own after sleep or restart. Flashing tested on macOS, Windows and Linux (Ubuntu 24.04); the dongle itself tested on macOS and Ubuntu 26.04.

Downloads

• macOS: createflow-dongle-0.1.3-mac-arm64.dmg (Apple Silicon) or -mac-x64.dmg (Intel) — signed and notarized
• Windows: createflow-dongle-0.1.3-win-x64.exe — not code-signed yet; SmartScreen will warn, click More info → Run anyway
• Linux: createflow-dongle-0.1.3-linux-x86_64.AppImage (x64) or -linux-arm64.AppImage — make it executable and run it; your user needs serial port access (dialout/uucp)

How to use: plug in the stick, open the app, click Flash firmware (or Update firmware if it already runs an older version). Then hold the Naya's layer key and press 1–4 to move it to a free Bluetooth slot. Details in the README.

Known limits: keyboard LEDs aren't passed back; long-term stability and host sleep/wake not yet characterised; configuring the keyboard still needs USB — the Naya has no configuration channel over Bluetooth (findings).

0.1.3 — the dongle recovers from a lost pairing. If the keyboard no longer had the key for the dongle (its slot was cleared or paired again), firmware up to 0.1.2 kept retrying the old key: connected, but not a single keystroke came through, on any computer. Firmware v18 forgets that key by itself and pairs anew within a few seconds — nothing to clear on the keyboard. Please update the firmware if you flashed an earlier version. The flasher now also tells you when a newer release is out: one request to GitHub per start, nothing else is sent, and unticking Check GitHub for new versions at the bottom of the window switches it off completely. The dongle's log line at start names its version.

createflow Dongle 0.1.2

Turns an EBYTE E104-BT5040U (or Nordic nRF52840 Dongle) into a wireless dongle for the Naya Create.

What works: keys, touchpad, dials, media keys. Pairs once, reconnects on its own after sleep or restart. Flashing tested on macOS, Windows and Linux (Ubuntu 24.04).

Downloads

• macOS: createflow-dongle-0.1.2-mac-arm64.dmg (Apple Silicon) or -mac-x64.dmg (Intel) — signed and notarized
• Windows: createflow-dongle-0.1.2-win-x64.exe — not code-signed yet; SmartScreen will warn, click More info → Run anyway
• Linux: createflow-dongle-0.1.2-linux-x86_64.AppImage (x64) or -linux-arm64.AppImage — make it executable and run it; your user needs serial port access (dialout/uucp)

How to use: plug in the stick, open the app, click Flash firmware. Then hold the Naya's layer key and press 1–4 to move it to a free Bluetooth slot. Details in the README.

Known limits: keyboard LEDs aren't passed back; long-term stability and host sleep/wake not yet characterised; configuring the keyboard still needs USB — the Naya has no configuration channel over Bluetooth (findings).

0.1.2 — Linux works. Flashing on Linux failed in 0.1.0/0.1.1 because the kernel refuses to set DTR/RTS on the bootloader's port; the app now tolerates that. The AppImage ships the static AppImage runtime, so it no longer needs libfuse2. If your user lacks serial port access, the app now says so and tells you which group to join. The status box says "The stick is restarting…" while the stick reboots after a flash instead of "No stick found". The needless menu bar on Windows and Linux is gone.

createflow Dongle 0.1.1

First release. Turns an EBYTE E104-BT5040U (or Nordic nRF52840 Dongle) into a wireless dongle for the Naya Create.

What works: keys, touchpad, dials, media keys. Pairs once, reconnects on its own after sleep or restart. Tested on macOS and Windows.

Downloads

• macOS: createflow-dongle-0.1.1-mac-arm64.dmg (Apple Silicon) or -mac-x64.dmg (Intel) — signed and notarized
• Windows: createflow-dongle-0.1.1-win-x64.exe — not code-signed yet; SmartScreen will warn, click More info → Run anyway
• Linux: createflow-dongle-0.1.1-linux-x86_64.AppImage (x64) or -linux-arm64.AppImage — untested on hardware yet, your user needs serial port access (dialout/uucp)

How to use: plug in the stick, open the app, click Flash firmware. Then hold the Naya's layer key and press 1–4 to move it to a free Bluetooth slot. Details in the README.

Known limits: keyboard LEDs aren't passed back; long-term stability and host sleep/wake not yet characterised; configuring the keyboard still needs USB — the Naya has no configuration channel over Bluetooth (findings).

0.1.1: dependency update — Electron 44, electron-builder 26, Vite 7; npm audit is clean. Adds an arm64 Linux build.