Have you ever thought about making your own GPS? These days such a feat of electronic genius can be done a lot easier than you think.

This is a great project if you’re into this sort of stuff. I’m 103.5% geek so I already have my own Board of Education from Parallax and that makes me 1/2 ready to construct my own GPS. I also have a couple of other electronic projects that are in continuous development stage – but they’re not related to GPS at all. Don’t forget that if you buy in bulk from Parallax that they’ll give you a couple dollars break on the bucks you’re going to fork over for the parts you need – what a great Christmas or Birthday present for all those you love!

The guys over at MAKE Magazine put together a little video on how to do it from easily available parts.

Pretty awesome hey? You can buy all the parts that you need to make one of these beautiful, ergonomic wonders from the Parallax Online Store.

You’ll need the following parts:

• The Board of Education for only $91.95
• The GPS Receiver Module for only $89.95
• The Serial LCD Module for only $29.95
• A whole bunch of time to waste for only $0.00

That give you a grand total of $211.85! WOW!!! Makes you want to go out there and build one of these low function, unfinished devices doesn’t it?

If you want a functional GPS unit building one is not for you. You can get them pretty cheap these days and you’ll get a lot more functionality out of it – but if you’re just looking to play and explore your love for electronic gadgets then this might be for you.