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Building the mouse Logitech won't make

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450 points sammycdubs | 1 comments | 25 Aug 25 15:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.316s | source
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thimabi ◴[25 Aug 25 16:11 UTC] No.45015411[source]▶
I wish I had the money and the know-how to do things like that. In a world where many companies are downright hostile to user needs and preferences, we need more DIY electronics — not less.
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1. bityard ◴[25 Aug 25 17:02 UTC] No.45016041[source]▶
It's never been a better time to get into DIY electronics projects. Literally every part of the process is well within a curious hacker's abilities. Microcontrollers and cheap sensors/displays started becoming commonplace around 15 years ago, and the most recent innovations are good and cheap PCB production and 3D printing your own parts/enclosures.

You might check out https://hackaday.com/blog/. They quite often feature projects from people who built the thing they wanted, instead of buying it. (Often because the thing they wanted couldn't be bought in the first place.)