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Re:Balena Etcher Pro – Fast write to multiple cards or USB d... by PragmaticPulp on Thursday August 12, 2021 @02:19PM (#28159632)
> Then again, if I was wanting to burn 1000s of cards a day, I would probably do what everybody else does and create/contract an actual manufacturing process

In practice, lead times are long enough and release cycles short enough that it can make sense to have these devices at point of manufacture so you can ship with the latest software image.

Imagine you order 10,000 pre-flashed SD cards for your project but half way through the production run you decide you need to change the software. Do you discard thousands of SD cards and re-order a new batch? Or do you buy a couple of these and simply add it as another station on the assembly line so you can get back to production right away?

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Re:Balena Etcher Pro – Fast write to multiple cards or USB d... by deeviant on Friday August 13, 2021 @12:42PM (#28171266)
It doesn't sound like you have much experience in manufacturing.

No, you don't pull a run of hardware mid-run to rev their firmware unless there is an absolute shitstorm which would also just be handled by the manufacturing process i.e. why would you ship the "bad" cards to your office or some such scenario rather than run them again through the same at-scale manufacturing process?

Anyways, as somebody already pointed out, the vast majority of these cases would be handled by live updates.

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Re:Balena Etcher Pro – Fast write to multiple cards or USB d... by adolph on Thursday August 12, 2021 @03:06PM (#28160179)
If you are ordering 10k + pre-flashed SD cards then you are an enterprise. On first run the user must download an installer to download the most recent bugs and features. That is how things are done.
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