Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch

Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by montroser on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @09:12PM (#42799874)

Byran... This is seriously impressive. You are very blessed to be so capable in so many disciplines -- design, hardware, software, storytelling. It is a massively complicated undertaking, and you executed in style. Nice work, and remember to use your formidable powers for good!

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by Hello9999901 on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @09:23PM (#42799935)

Thank you so much! For certain; goodness without knowledge is weak and feeble and knowledge without goodness is dangerous.

It was a truly difficult undertaking! I was ready to quit at so many moments, but I always think about the final mission of sharing this little piece of knowledge with the world. :)

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by MegaDeKay on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @10:00PM (#42800190)

My hat is off to you, good sir. Way off. This is an unbelievable accomplishment, doubly so given that you're still in high school (!!!), triple-so given the time you did it in, quadruple-so given that you did it all yourself, etc etc etc.

I was reading this over thinking "this guy should be working for Framework". It would be a total win-win.

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by Hello9999901 on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @10:41PM (#42800470)

Thank you so much! I'm currently working for Keychron!

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by freedomben on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @11:08PM (#42800629)

If you do decide to look at framework, I can help you get your resume in front of a high level decision maker. I agree you'd make a great fit with framework.

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by Hello9999901 on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @11:17PM (#42800670)

Woah! That would be amazing! I sent you an email just now. Thank you so much for this opportunity!!

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by noman-land on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @11:38PM (#42800755)

Really amazing and impressive work. And also an excellent resource for future explorers.

One thing I didn't see mentioned in the video is the total cost of all the materials to complete one laptop not including all the experimentation cost. I'd be super curious about that.

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by Hello9999901 on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @11:46PM (#42800786)

I have the R&D BOM in a link below [1]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17arbJvPqW6koqEJwAzne...

Thanks.

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by noman-land on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @11:50PM (#42800804)

Thank you! For anyone else looking for the top line number, it's $4,673.81. Really nice work. I wish you much success in life.

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by bluepuma77 on Thursday January 23, 2025 @03:35AM (#42801989)

"NOTE: THIS IS R&D total cost. The DIY price should be less than $1500"

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by noman-land on Thursday January 23, 2025 @11:36AM (#42805496)

Thank you for this.

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by cbmamolo on Thursday January 23, 2025 @05:34AM (#42802678)

I have yet to finish processing reimbursement. LOL. His parents pre-paid for this project.

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by nwellinghoff on Thursday January 23, 2025 @07:56AM (#42803513)

Best 5 grand they ever spent. Byran your cross discipline knowledge is amazing. Well done!

Quick question, are your parents in technology and science or are you self taught? Always like to hear about the backgrounds that create the environment for something like this to come together.

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by Hello9999901 on Thursday January 23, 2025 @11:50AM (#42805608)

I've met amazing people throughout my journey thus far, but no. I have no background in engineering, but my parents have always been supportive. I started falling in love with it in 9th grade with keyboards + ZMK!

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by richardw on Thursday January 23, 2025 @11:31PM (#42810554)

Others: don’t downvote this, it seems legit. See their other comments.

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by jensgk on Thursday January 23, 2025 @06:49AM (#42803099)

Great work! I am also interested in what tools you needed to do the work. Could you elaborate on that?

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