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question for hardware folks - is prototyping my own pcie boards viable? or is that a pipe dream?

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Assembly would probably be the challenging part unless you've got tools for doing surface mount soldering I guess. I expect BGA components would be the most frustrating. But not insurmountable.

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You could also just get adapters for everything and do it on a huge ass board I guess?

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yeah, the default approach is usb through whatever microcontroller I wanna use 😅

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I’m planning to learn the finesse for simple surface mount but solder balls are def beyond my ability

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I think a reflow oven is going to be the best method

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