What I Learned

  • Do not try a keyboard build made for t4 diodes with standard round diodes
  • Use QMK with USB-2 (The Black one)
  • Always get a small fan beside you when you solder - dont inhale a lot of fumes like I did
  • Once your solder tip dulls, it is fucked, throw it out
  • Check diode connectivity by shorting the switch pads before actually installing the switches
  • Ensure diode arrows follow the correct diode direction

My Major Fuckups

  1. Wasting 8/10 PCBs
  2. Reading the diode infographic wrong and placing then in the complete opposite direction
  3. Burning myself with soldering iron (3 times)
  4. Dropping a soldering iron on the floor - I had to buy a new one
  5. Using up 100 diodes, buying another 100, and then using 98 of them having 2 diodes left over
  6. Flashing the wrong firmware on my corne, spending 6 hours trying to fix hardware problems when it was a firmware problem
  7. Trying to short RST and GND, looking at my screen when the problem was that I was using a USB-1 Cable
  8. Buying lead solder

Final Build Files

  1. https://github.com/Runningtarrens/Mcorne/blob/main/files/corne%20split_bot_rechts_v4.stl