Well sorry, i mean for this sort oft hing since it not a finished household product.
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 6:49 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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