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There is something I really don't understand about many open source hardware designs, and that is display modules. Why do authors, who otherwise use SMD components, and dense pitch connectors, go out of their way to accommodate a huge display module on its own board, with a chunky 2.54mm pin header, and often even mounting screws, and a 3D printed support, when the same display is easily available without the board, and only requires like two capacitors, and a resistor to work?
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