How do you do per-key RGB lighting on a Shift V2?
I saw the online configurator that lets you do this on the Shift V1, where it spits out a compiled firmware file to flash. The V2 doesn't seem to have this function in the Windows configurator, though. I can't imagine the answer here is "you're going to have to manually write the hex for every key in QMK, compile it, and flash that".
Apr 18, 2024
If you're looking into buying a kit to make your own number pad, the soldering work is not that hard. Most kits you can find will have a guide on assembly, and you're only soldering 4 kinds of things to a PCB- the single microcontroller(which should come with the usb adapter), switches and LEDs.
The switches and LEDs only have 2 prongs each, and you can buy things called "holtites" that slot into the holes on the PCB that make your board "hot-swappable"(AKA you don't have to solder the switches and LEDs, they'll plug into the holtites and work.
The only annoying thing will be the 4th item you have to solder- resistors for the LEDs. Some boards like the Fenix are really easy to see (https://unikeyboard.io/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/felix-mf-1.png) where you need to solder, others are not as good with the layout.
Edit: A really cheap kit, if you're interested in doing this yourself. It doesn't come with switches/keycaps/switch LEDs, so you'd have to get those yourself. https://goo.gl/PNnCgx