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squaresinger@feddit.de 7 months agoMinimum order quantity for the populated board is 2. That costs, iirc, around €20 for both plus shipping (if you are patient, that’s a few more €).
This micro soldering part can by now be ordered to be included in the assembly, so that you don’t have to solder it. I haven’t tried the process of ordering extended parts from JLCPCB, but if that works, that’s another ~€10. Otherwise you’ll have to source it yourself and end up with a similar price.
The Blackberry keyboards go for €3-6 on Aliexpress.
A 5-pack of the USB connectors is about €10 on Amazon, but on Ali you can get one for ~€1.
That’s all the electronics, so for two of them, that’s about €40-50.
You also need a 3D print, which costs around €1 if you print it yourself or get a friend to do it. If you order it, that can be anything from €10 to €50. The cost of these services varies wildly.
theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Cool. Thank you so much for the information and taking the time to reply :D
squaresinger@feddit.de 7 months ago
No problem!
If you decide to make one and need some help on the way, either PM me here or post in the discussion section on the Github repo.