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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.

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.
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"
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.
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.
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.

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!
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.
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?