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

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

5. 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 Front the cash, take the risk Manufacturing and testing Inventory management Sales (a website) Fulfillment (pack & ship) Returns Wholesale You Them Licensing (The Easy Way)

6. (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 Fulfillment (Get Your Feet Wet) You Them

7. 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 Contract (Big Time) You Them

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

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