This is a complete beginner's step-by-step guide to build a corne keyboard including RGB lights. I go over everything you should know including all the parts you'll need, the soldering equipment I like to use, how to solder each of the components, how to flash the keyboard and finally how to put the PCBs into a case. Hope you enjoy it! 📧 Subscribe To My Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/josean 🛠️⌨️ Visit the SplitType Shop & Build Your Corne: https://splittype.com/ 📋 Full breakdown of everything you'll need below: ----- ⌨️ Corne Keyboard Parts 1. Cherry MX Corne V3 Kit: - Partially Assembled Kit (now with everything except microcontrollers and oled screens!): https://bit.ly/3wPLofX - Regular Kit: https://bit.ly/3PicaE5 2. Elite-C Microcontroller: - Little Keyboards: https://bit.ly/48Q9CDR - Keebio: https://bit.ly/3Pm9lBJ 3. Low Profile Sockets & Mill-Max Pins: https://bit.ly/3wkiRPz 4. 128x32 Oled Screens: https://bit.ly/4a0gUFK 5. Corne Keyboard Case: https://bit.ly/48W6bLP or https://etsy.me/4ca7fPc 6. Corne Display Covers: https://bit.ly/48QgkJW 7. Switches & Keycaps: https://bit.ly/3Vbvrus 8. TRRS Cable: https://amzn.to/3PjyfBX ---- ⚡️Flashing Your Keyboard - QMK Online Configurator: https://config.qmk.fm/ - My Corne Keyboard Layout: https://bit.ly/3TfZ8Ik (upload this file to the configurator) ----- 🛠️ Soldering Equipment Recommendations (choose what you need) - Yihua 926 Soldering Station: https://amzn.to/49EtLhv - Solder Wick: https://amzn.to/3v3NacL - No Clean Flux: https://amzn.to/4cdlD9y - Better Lead Free Solder (0.5 & .08): https://amzn.to/3Pcyajl - Better Desoldering Pump: https://amzn.to/3PhnPD8 - Heat Resistant Tape: https://amzn.to/3v3NB6T - Precision Tweezers Set (includes revers-action): https://amzn.to/3TeIgkZ - Wire/Flush Cutters: https://amzn.to/3TzeM2V - Soldering Mat: https://amzn.to/49PXZy8 - Solder Smoke Absorber: https://amzn.to/43cKtC8 ----- 🎥 Helpful Soldering Tutorials - SMD Soldering Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYInlAmPnGo - Soldering Crash Course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rmErwU5E-k ----- ⏰ Timestamps 00:00 - Introduction 01:22 - Corne Keyboard Parts 05:38 - Soldering Equipment Recommendations 08:19 - Solder Diodes 09:40 - Solder Underglow LEDs 11:10 - Solder LEDs For Switch Lighting 12:36 - Solder Kailh Hotswap Sockets 13:29 - Solder Trrs Jack 13:59 - Solder Oled Screen Socket 14:16 - Solder Reset Button 14:30 - Socket Microcontroller 16:46 - Install Oled Screen 17:37 - How To Flash With QMK 22:32 - Install PCBs Unto Case 27:07 - Conclusion Correction: 21:51 - CONNECT TRRS FIRST, THEN USB. Connecting the trrs while the keyboard is connected to power has a risk of damaging the microcontroller.