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justLV / onju-voice

A hackable AI home assistant platform
MIT License
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description on how to build the board?? #56

Open LionHeart55 opened 4 months ago

LionHeart55 commented 4 months ago

I ordered the board(s) and they arrived with no components. is there any manual on how to add electronics? or did I order the wrong thing? how to I get to have an assembled board ready to be programmed and installed?

Nick2253 commented 4 months ago

To receive an assembled board, you have to order the boards w/ assembly. If you're in the US, the cost is about $200 for 5 boards assembled.

Adding the parts to the board after-the-fact is probably not worth the effort. You'll have to order all the parts from the Bill of Materials (BoM), and you'll probably struggle to find the parts for a decent price in the needed quantities (most of these parts are sold in rolls of 100s or 1000s+).

Then, you'll have to solder the parts on to the board. You can hand-solder SMT components, but it's very difficult. There are some instructions online, but you'll probably ruin half your boards if this is your first experience with soldering. And that's not counting the cost of the tools.

After all is said and done, it will likely be cheaper just to start over and order the boards fully assembled.