I thought this article would first start with the most essential question: "How ... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		jmole 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How a devboard works (and how to make your own) I thought this article would first start with the most essential question: "How to decide what you need on your devboard". Without that critical piece of design work, you may as well call this "How to build a Raspberry Pi Nano from scratch". Which, to be fair, is also a good article to write. But step 1 for really building a dev board is answering the question, "What do I need from this that I can't get from a $5 Amazon purchase?"

brailsafe 3 months ago | [–]

> What do I need from this that I can't get from a $5 Amazon purchase?

A month of enjoyment tinkering on a hobby just for the hell of it.

madaxe_again 3 months ago | [–]

I just go the other way - dev boards are so cheap you can just take a scalpel to them and take off the bits you don’t want.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact