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: 🛠️⌨️ Visit the SplitType Shop & Build Your Corne: 📋 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!): - Regular Kit: 2. Elite-C Microcontroller: - Little Keyboards: - Keebio: 3. Low Profile Sockets & Mill-Max Pins: 4. 128x32 Oled Screens: 5. Corne Keyboard Case: or 6. Corne Display Covers: 7. Switches & Keycaps: 8. TRRS Cable: ---- ⚡️Flashing Your Keyboard - QMK Online Configurator: - My Corne Keyboard Layout: (upload this file to the configurator) ----- 🛠️ Soldering Equipment Recommendations (choose what you need) - Yihua 926 Soldering Station: - Solder Wick: - No Clean Flux: - Better Lead Free Solder (0.5 & .08): - Better Desoldering Pump: - Heat Resistant Tape: - Precision Tweezers Set (includes revers-action): - Wire/Flush Cutters: - Soldering Mat: - Solder Smoke Absorber: ----- 🎥 Helpful Soldering Tutorials - SMD Soldering Tutorial: - Soldering Crash Course: ----- ⏰ 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.