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docs: Clarifications within New Shield page (#1130)

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Co-authored-by: Cem Aksoylar <caksoylar@users.noreply.github.com>
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@ -48,16 +48,16 @@ shield to get it picked up for ZMK, `Kconfig.shield` and `Kconfig.defconfig`.
### Kconfig.shield
The `Kconfig.shield` file defines any additional Kconfig settings that may be relevant when using this keyboard. For most keyboards, there is just one additional configuration value for the shield itself, e.g.:
The `Kconfig.shield` file defines any additional Kconfig settings that may be relevant when using this keyboard. For most keyboards, there is just one additional configuration value for the shield itself.
```
config SHIELD_MY_BOARD
def_bool $(shields_list_contains,my_board)
```
This will make sure the new configuration `SHIELD_MY_BOARD` is set to true whenever `my_board` is added as a shield in your build.
This will make sure that a new configuration value named `SHIELD_MY_BOARD` is set to true whenever `my_board` is used as the shield name, either as the `SHIELD` variable [in a local build](build-flash.md) or in your `build.yaml` file [when using Github Actions](../customization). Note that this configuration value will be used in `Kconfig.defconfig` to set other properties about your shield, so make sure that they match.
**For split boards**, you will need to add configurations for the left and right sides.
**For split boards**, you will need to add configurations for the left and right sides. For example, if your split halves are named `my_board_left` and `my_board_right`, it would look like this:
```
config SHIELD_MY_BOARD_LEFT
@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Do not make the keyboard name too long, otherwise the bluetooth advertising migh
if SHIELD_MY_BOARD
config ZMK_KEYBOARD_NAME
default "My Awesome Keyboard"
default "My Board"
endif
```
@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Finally, you'll want to turn on the split option for both sides. This can all be
if SHIELD_MY_BOARD_LEFT
config ZMK_KEYBOARD_NAME
default "My Awesome Keyboard"
default "My Board"
config ZMK_SPLIT_BLE_ROLE_CENTRAL
default y