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 Please see the official [Nerves documentation on "Nerves Systems"](https://hexdocs.pm/nerves/0.4.0/systems.html).
 
+HINT: You may want to [develop the system locally](https://stackoverflow.com/a/28189056/1064917)
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 ## Hardware specifics
 
 Most FarmBot development/testing is done on a standard desktop PC.