This repository holds various information, scripts, etc learned during building small scale electronics. Most of this was learned when building newae.com and associated projects.
This will eventually be turned into a book form, and this repository will be the support material for certain chapters.
This is currently in progress and will be updated over time.
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This book will cover how I built hardware at NewAE, which is a combination of low-cost, medium-cost, open-source, and propreitary designs. As such the book covers a fairly broad spectrum of tasks, along with advice I learned along the way.
The following topics will be covered - this isn't a definitive chapter list, but roughly expected to cover:
- Introduction
- Pricing & Business
- Protecting your Idea
- Patents
- Prototyping Basics
- Prototyping with SMD
- Repair & Rework
- Static Control
- PPE, Cleaning, and Parts Storage
- Production Soldering & Assembly
- PCB Design for Small Scale Manufacturing
- Contract Manufactures
- Testing & QA
- JTAG for Testing
- Enclosures
- Modifying Off-The-Shelf Enclosures
- Connections & Cabling
- Contacts & Crimps
- Packaging
- Barcoding
- Conformance
- Marketing
- Furfillment