---
title: "The Quest for Pain - Part 1"
date: 2019-03-03T10:31:54+02:00
image: content/images/2019/03/pain27-pcb.png
slug: "pain27-part-1"
tags: [hardware, tinkering]
draft: true
---

I am currently in the middle of my exams period, which means that this is the perfect time to start a brand new side project to procrastinate learning!
A while ago, I saw the project [pain27](https://github.com/uuupah/pain27) in my GitHub feed (I guess because [@hoodie](https://github.com/hoodie) starred it) and found myself immediately intrigued by the idea behind this keyboard.
It is beautiful in its own way, yet completely unusable by design. A bad joke become reality -- exactly my sense of humor.
After the idea of building my own version of this abomination simmered in the back of my head for about 6 months, I finally decided to start this little project.
There is only one problem: I have absolutely no knowledge in building keyboards, neither have I soldered a single piece of electronics in all my life (and obviously I am unable to count to one).

Nonetheless I teamed up with [@h4llow3En](https://github.com/h4llow3En) (who is way more knowledgable in electronics and soldering than me) to start this endeavour!
I'm planning on writing a small series of blog posts about how to build this keyboard and what I learned while building this little beauty.
This first part will center on the necessary components and preparations since this is all I can do while waiting for the parcels from China to arrive.

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## Preparations

For me, the what the repository offered was a little overwhelming, at first.

- what the repo offers
- what parts are necessary?
- What belongs to a keyboard?
- soldering course \o/

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## The Components

- assemble a list: where ordered and what?
- image PCB here :)