Build guide#

Coming soon. A step-by-step guide to building your own is planned for once the hardware design is settled. Here's what it will include.

OpenBikeComputer is open hardware and open software, designed so you can build, modify, and repair it yourself. This guide will take you from a pile of parts to a working computer on your bars.

What this guide will cover#

Bill of materials#

A complete, orderable parts list — the display, the microcontroller board, the four buttons, the battery and power components, and the enclosure — with links and quantities, so sourcing everything is straightforward.

Tools#

What you'll need on the bench: a soldering iron, the basics for assembly, and the programmer/debugger for flashing.

Flashing the firmware#

Building the firmware from source and flashing it to the board, plus loading your first map and route so the device boots into something you can ride with.

Assembly#

Putting it together — fitting the board and display, the controls, the battery, and the 3D-printed enclosure — with photos and notes on the fiddly bits.

Until then: everything you need to understand the project is in the software docs, and the source — firmware, simulator, and the map tools — is on GitHub.