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edhu2017

As somebody with software engineering experience but little hardware experience, how do I get started with building my own Lidar? I notice he provides STL files for base plates and a component list https://hackaday.io/project/20628/components. Still not too sure how to start though.

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There's a bit of work, especially on the PCB side (there are 3 separate ones). You would have to order PCBs based on the Gerber files, and all of the components, and have a way of soldering them (they are "surface mount", which adds to the complexity).

Overall, it would be much easier if the "final" PCBs were sold as a kit. Assembling this kit would be much easier (and fun) then starting from scratch.

> Assembling this kit would be much easier (and fun) then starting from scratch.

What is so fun on assembling a kit? The populate-the-PCB is probably the most mind-numbing part of the whole hardware engineering business. Design and debugging is where it's at

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