I've been tinkering with the idea of making my own from scratch, probably not buy a kit and if I do guy a very modular one. Something I can work on over time to make it better. I've had situations where if I buy individual parts I come out better than buying the individual product by itself post production. I am just unsure if that would be the case. And the assembly itself wouldn't be a problem for me. I come from a technical family and background, so no issues there.

I am feeling that the hardware wouldn't be the issue really, it's the firmware I would have to source and I don't know where to get it.