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Re:There is now an API to build low-volume hardware products by mik3y on Thursday February 20, 2014 @02:44PM (#7273068)
Having recently designed and produced a low volume (<1000 units), low-complexity (2 layer / 30ish placement) board, I was very happy that my relationship with the assembly house was not fully abstracted behind an API! I suspect this was more of an editorial/marketing flourish..

When there was a problem with the SMT stencil over a connector hole that might have hurt durability, the fab's CTO called me up and then worked with the stencil house to add an aperature. We worked together similarly on balancing cost vs quality when weighing numerous otherwise-equivalent board and parts suppliers. And so on..

That said, it's great to see new stuff in this space. I'm very curious to give CircuitHub a try and see how it compares to my favorite (lower-tech) shop..

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Re:There is now an API to build low-volume hardware products by seddona on Thursday February 20, 2014 @02:50PM (#7273107)
Oh yeah i've been there! We hope to eliminate a lot of those types of issues but in future we will be handling that communication from within the web interface.

We're working closely with our first partner CM http://www.worthingtonassembly.com/ to achieve this. They are awesome and even if you dont decide to use CircuitHub you should check them out!

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Re:There is now an API to build low-volume hardware products by EChrisDenney on Thursday February 20, 2014 @03:27PM (#7273318)
seddona - he has. I'm the CTO he's referring to :)
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Re:There is now an API to build low-volume hardware products by seddona on Thursday February 20, 2014 @03:33PM (#7273363)
small world!
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Re:There is now an API to build low-volume hardware products by pravda on Thursday February 20, 2014 @11:24PM (#7275432)
This gizmo? ("Kegbot") https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/001/649/399/e08b61b32c97...

If that's it, and you are at liberty to say, how much was assembly per board?

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Re:There is now an API to build low-volume hardware products by toomuchtodo on Thursday February 20, 2014 @11:52PM (#7275513)
Kegbot!? googles and then proceeds to run to Kickstarter
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Re:There is now an API to build low-volume hardware products by etrautmann on Thursday February 20, 2014 @05:58PM (#7274271)
Many of these types of issues should be addressed through design rule checkers in your software, though these need to be matched to the capabilities of the PCB manufacturing house...
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Re:There is now an API to build low-volume hardware products by EChrisDenney on Thursday February 20, 2014 @09:55PM (#7275179)
I couldn't agree more. That's where CircuitHub can help. We're going to work really tightly with them to provide constant feedback. Everytime we learn something it will improve the DRC. And since the DRC will be based directly on our capabilities it should become remarkably accurate.
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