Yeah the risks may be higher but other things such as certification requirements are bypassed. So I am sure its a Win / lose situation. Win on some avenues, lose on others.
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 6:19 PM, David Farning <[email protected]> wrote: > Some shops are really good at churning out small (100 to 10,000 units) > runs of a product. They have perfected the art of retooling the line. > > In the current situation, it appears that our beaglebone friends are > in the process of convincing the money people to make the investment > to increase manufacturing capacity. The new equipment required to > increase capacity costs serious money. > > When one considers that the BBB is open and anyone can step in and > manufacture a clone and bypass then R&D costs TI and Circuit Co have > already invested, the risks start getting pretty high. > > What might seemed antagonizing slow to us on the outside, requires > serious thought and planing on the inside. It can be challenging to > communicate this when companies work as part of communities. > > On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 6:32 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Gerald, I am just curious. Hypothetically speaking, what would it take to > > retool to make a custom board ? I am not looking for an "IN" or anything > I > > am just curious. I'm thinking it would be a huge hassle to say the least. > > > > I've never worked in a PCB fab before, but worked for a CNC shop many > moons > > ago, and retooling for even the most basic part ( door lock keyways ), > would > > take a full day or two just for the setup, and a week or slightly longer > to > > shake out the bugs. Meanwhile, the company is "losing" money until things > > are running smoothly again. > > > > > > On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Gerald Coley <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> 100 boards is not a lot of boards. Especially when you have distributors > >> screaming for 50,000 boards to fill their large POs.. > >> > >> Gerald > >> > >> > >> > >> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 3:38 PM, sixvolts <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> There are plenty of things that get built and sold in those kinds of > >>> numbers, like specialized instruments. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 3:33:49 PM UTC-5, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > >>>> > >>>> On Wed, 28 May 2014, sixvolts wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > I've been trying to talk to the people CircuitCo about building a > >>>> > run of the beaglebone black boards for a commercial project, but I > >>>> > can't seem to get anyone to respond to emails and the two people I > >>>> > have phone numbers for are always busy. My understanding was that > >>>> > proper etiquette was to not poach boards from the distributors if > >>>> > you build a device around the beaglebone and have them produced for > >>>> > you. I even spoke to someone at a CircuitCo booth at a conference > >>>> > last year (DesignWest - where the beaglebone black was "launched") > >>>> > and they indicated this was common already for the original > >>>> > beagleboards/bones. > >>>> > > >>>> > I can't get anyone local interested in building them because of some > >>>> > of the minimum order quantities on some of the parts (like the > >>>> > emmc). > >>>> > > >>>> > Anyone at CircuitCo around? I have money and need around 100 boards > >>>> > made. > >>>> > >>>> not many manufacturers would consider 100 units much of a "run". > >>>> that's not the sort of number that's going to get you much attention. > >>>> just an observation. > >>>> > >>>> rday > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> > >>>> > ======================================================================== > >>>> Robert P. J. 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