Add notes on what sorts of actions are risky
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### Default
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To build with the default keymap, simply run `make`.
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## Safety Considerations
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You probably don't want to "brick" your keyboard, making it impossible
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to rewrite firmware onto it. Here are some of the parameters to show
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what things are (and likely aren't) too risky.
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- If a keyboard map does not include RESET, then, to get into DFU
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mode, you will need to press the reset button on the PCB, which
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requires unscrewing some bits.
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- Messing with tmk_core / common files might make the keyboard
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inoperable
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- Too large a .hex file is trouble; `make dfu` will erase the block,
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test the size (oops, wrong order!), which errors out, failing to
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flash the keyboard
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- DFU tools do /not/ allow you to write into the bootloader (unless
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you throw in extra fruitsalad of options), so there is little risk
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there.
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- EEPROM has around a 100000 write cycle. You shouldn't rewrite the
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firmware repeatedly and continually; that'll burn the EEPROM
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eventually.
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### Other Keymaps
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Several version of keymap are available in advance but you are recommended to define your favorite layout yourself. To define your own keymap create file named `<name>.c` and see keymap document (you can find in top README.md) and existent keymap files.
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