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There are two kinds of components in any hardware product. “COTS parts”: These are parts you can buy off the shelf. M2 h...
Sourcing the commodity COTS parts is not so difficult. Having someone on your team who has buying experience in the mech...
Sourcing the critical components takes more skill and strategy. You would need to consider the availability and pricing ...
The first question to ask is at the design phase. Why do you need metal? It might be for structural reasons. For instanc...
Let's start with custom plastic parts. This is where most of the head-scratching occurs in a small-lot run (say, 2000 pa...
PCB assemblies (or PCBA as we call them in the industry) is not so bad. A very robust industry exists where companies ca...