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Fast Forward From Alpha

Fast Forward From Alpha. Agile Open Hardware Manufacturing. Photo Sources: Wikipedia, Seeed Studio. Adafruit Industries, SparkFun. About. DangerousPrototypes.com A new open hardware project every month Available from Seeed Studio Batches of 100-500 Ian

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Fast Forward From Alpha

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  1. Fast Forward From Alpha Agile Open Hardware Manufacturing Photo Sources: Wikipedia, Seeed Studio. Adafruit Industries, SparkFun

  2. About DangerousPrototypes.com • A new open hardware project every month • Available from Seeed Studio • Batches of 100-500 Ian • Started as a maker posting at Instructables.com • Feature writer at DIY Life and Hack a Day blogs

  3. Why Manufacture Open Hardware? Community • Firmware • Software • Documentation Hardware Hackers • Etch PCBs • Solder parts • Program chips • Essential to thriving open hardware community • How to get started?

  4. Get Your Stuffs Made • Licensing • Full outsourcing • Contract manufacturing • DIY assembly

  5. Licensing (The Easy Way) You Them • Front the cash, take the risk • Manufacturing and testing • Inventory management • Sales (a website) • Fulfillment (pack & ship) • Returns • Wholesale • Support users • Get 10% of profits royalty • Little control over the quality of your 'brand‘ • Few options to expand • Only the top designs make the cut

  6. Fulfillment (Get Your Feet Wet) You Them (Dangerous Prototypes) • Front the cash, take the risk • Support users • Inventory management • Wholesale • Concentrate on design, but still in charge of building business (Seeed Studio) • Manufacturing and testing • Sales (a website) • Fulfillment (pack & ship) • Returns

  7. Contract (Big Time) You Them • Front the cash, take the risk • Inventory management • Sales (a website) • Fulfillment (pack and ship) • Returns • Wholesale • …Almost everything • Assemble boards • Return complete widgets Maybe : • Part/PCB sourcing • Testing

  8. DIY Assembly (Indie Tech) You Them • Everything! • By hand: Small volume and kits • Teho Labs’ Arm Dev-boards • Pick and place: We like cool machines • Adafruit, SparkFun

  9. What goes in a production package? The Guts of Getting Stuff Made

  10. Package of Materials • PCB files / Gerbers • Partlist • Firmware / Software • Test plan • Copy

  11. Board Files and Gerbers • Your PCB and part placement • Cadsoft Eagle • Gerber files

  12. Board Files and Gerbers • Your PCB and part placement • Cadsoft Eagle • Gerber files

  13. Partlist/BOM (stuff on the board) • Bill of materials

  14. Partlist/BOM (stuff on the board) • Bill of materials • Common

  15. Partlist/BOM (stuff on the board) • Bill of materials • Specific

  16. Partlist/BOM (stuff on the board) • Bill of materials • Common • Specific • Try to use a standard partlist that most distributors stock • Bill of materials • Specific

  17. Firmware and Software • Anything that goes into your chip • HEX, SVF, BIN, etc • Programming instructions and utilities

  18. Test Plan • Quick and easy way to test the hardware • As automated as possible

  19. Copy • Sell your widget • No crap, lots of facts • Good (action) pictures

  20. Take Home What do I need to get my stuff made? How does open hardware get made? • Licensing • Fulfillment • Contract manufacturing • DIY assembly • Design files (Gerbers/Eagle/etc.) • Prototype • Partlist/BOM • Programming files and software • Test plan • Copy

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