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Add instructions for ordering PCBs with assembly to README #1

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@Soundtoxin

Thank you for Open-Frame1, it seems very exciting. I think the PCB ordering process is confusing for new users, so some additional info here would be a big help. The build guide video in the readme does not cover this part of the process. I'm hoping to build a few of these controllers and give some to friends in addition to using one myself if I can figure this out.

Something like you see in the README here would be good: https://github.com/rana-sylvatica/circle-keycaps

@rana-sylvatica has a detailed guide for getting some keycaps from JLC / jlcpcb.com in their README. I would like to use the same site to order some PCBs. The build guide video recommends having them solder on the USB-C port for you since that part is difficult, and possibly also the schottky diode while you're at it, but this process requires a BOM file and CPL file.
For the main target audience (gamers from the FGC) of these controllers, I think this will be difficult and initimidating. Many of them may not have dipped their toes into the DIY electronics world before now. The build guide video does a good job of being applicable to beginners by even recommending a starter soldering iron, solder, and other tools. If we can just improve the PCB ordering part of the process I think a lot more people would be able to actually build these controllers.

I understand that not everyone may order through JLC depending on their geography, but hopefully covering how to get a BOM and CPL file would be enough to help people using other sites as well, and JLC could just serve as an example.

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