Why Simone Giertz spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

Re:Why Simone Giertz spent 3 years working on a coat hanger ... by anymouse123456 on Friday November 17, 2023 @07:23AM (#38302557)

We just had a great experience working with US TECH (https://ustech-lab.com).

The price was reasonable (for what it is), the main contact was great, they were very fast and super flexible with our delays.

I know they offer CE, but we just went for FCC on unintentional emitters. It wasn't nearly as challenging as we thought it would be.

Expect to pay something around $2,500 to $5,000 depending on how labor intensive your tests are, or become.

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Re:Why Simone Giertz spent 3 years working on a coat hanger ... by dom96 on Friday November 17, 2023 @10:23AM (#38304801)

> Expect to pay something around $2,500 to $5,000

Yeah, that's what's discouraging. For something that is effectively a hobby project, spending many thousands of dollars is too much of a risk, when you're not even sure people will buy the thing you created.

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Re:Why Simone Giertz spent 3 years working on a coat hanger ... by anymouse123456 on Saturday November 18, 2023 @08:12AM (#38319154)

Agreed. It's really frustrating.

FWIW, I've done some digging and at least it's not just a mafia shakedown (like the USB-IF charging thousands for an artificially scarce numeral).

The equipment and expertise are both expensive and time consuming. DIY is possible, but would cost considerably more.

I'm a little surprised I haven't heard about a single start-up accelerator that has cert gear available...

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