The question (why not buy?) is a fair one: lots of responders are engineers and engineering is largely motivated by economics.I see this time after time...someone posts "I wanna build XYZ out of a XXX microcontroller". Only to be met with responses in the nature of "You can buy one for (some really cheap amount) from this place online".
Why do we feel the need to do this? Isn't the point of building something rather buying it for the fun of doing the project? Why must we discourage those who have a desire to build something rather than buy it?
JimB asks:The place I normally hang out is more like ETO 3 or so years ago, except there you would be shot for suggesting something is purchased lol.
I see this time after time...someone posts "I wanna build XYZ out of a XXX microcontroller". Only to be met with responses in the nature of "You can buy one for (some really cheap amount) from this place online".
Why do we feel the need to do this? Isn't the point of building something rather buying it for the fun of doing the project? Why must we discourage those who have a desire to build something rather than buy it?
I see this time after time...someone posts "I wanna build XYZ out of a XXX microcontroller". Only to be met with responses in the nature of "You can buy one for (some really cheap amount) from this place online".
Why do we feel the need to do this? Isn't the point of building something rather buying it for the fun of doing the project? Why must we discourage those who have a desire to build something rather than buy it?
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