Being a bit of a DIYer I've started building
Steve Ek's DSCs
So far I've completed etching the PCB (see pic) and I've managed to get all the parts needed from
Jaycar and
Dick Smiths except for the crystal clock oscillator which i've ordered from
Mouser Electronics
Luckily I have a PIC programmer that i built from a kit a couple of years ago so I can program the EEPROM myself.
I'm probably going to control it using my Zire 71 with
PalmDSC. The serial cable for the Palm is probably the most expensive part (if you don't count the usb - serial adapter for my laptop) other than the US Digital S2 Optical Encoders I've ordered from
BATSC
Tomorrow I'll start to solder the components to the PCB and try to find a box to hold it all in.