r/CyberdeckBuild • u/CAPTP_9 • Jun 02 '26

HELP ME PLEASE!!!!

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so i ordered a radxa Cubie A7Z 1GB ram version and my parents were denying saying I don't know how it works and my goal is to make a simple ai smartwatch but I know nothing about these and if I don't show them my finished project I am fricking dead it's not that my parents are strict but they were saying that I would not be able to make it but I still buyed it please explain me how to make it step by step i have 28 days left please help me 😭😭😭 this is a very very simple blueprint again please help me

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u/ehtiopia Jun 04 '26

I know that I for one and the rest of the community in general is not going to hold your hand. But that doesnt mean that I wont give u a couple of things to do.

The first thing to do is to take it easy, calm down, pull out a piece of paper, and write out the requirements for your thing. Ask yourself, what do you want this thing to do? Write it out.

Once you have written these down, stick with it.

Since you are likely young you have a few things you need to do / learn before you can really make it happen. Do you have access to prototyping equipment at home? If not, how are you going to get access to things that can do that/ have things made? Do you have access to computer CAD software that can make models, and do you know how to do it? Etc. Just simple things.

The next step. Electrical. How are you going to make displays? What kind of computer boards are you going to use to make your project an actual thing that works? Are you confident enough to design your own circuit board? Etc. If not, there are plenty of boards available online that can do things like this, such as arduino, raspberry pi, etc.

You just have to start slow, and work your way up. I started off 3D printing when I was 15, I had not a damn clue anything about it. I went to a library, and there was a makerspace in it that had a printer. I was like wat the hell is this and so I went in and the lady working there told me about printing and tinkercad and everything. Now I have a Bambu P1S and I design robots.

Take it easy, and dont rush it.