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+# Graphite: Custom Graphing calculator
+
+## What is this?
+
+This is a custom-made graphing calculator built off of the [Rasberry Pi Picos](https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-pico/).
+There are a couple of reasons I chose this board: 
+1. they're cheap, and easy to get a hold of.
+2. if a new one (with the same form factor and compatible pinout) comes out, you can swap it out, giving you a more powerful cpu, more storage, etc.
+
+## But _Why_ did you make this?
+
+I made this because this is my first ever PCB and thing like this. _Also_, I really wanted to fix some things that I found wrong with the TI-84s and such.