[sdiy] Discrete OTA

[Lanterman, Aaron]

On Apr 1, 2014, at 12:04 PM, Olivier Gillet <ol.gillet at gmail.com> wrote:

> My experience is that a large part of the value is not in the BOM and
> schematics of your product, but in the tooling, the knowledge of
> manufacturing processes, the factory testing procedures, the deals
> negotiated with suppliers... So even if you make parts of your design
> open-source, there's still a barrier to entry for people who'd want to
> rip you off. 

I think a good model here is Sparkfun. Sure you can copy their "open source" designs. But they have everything needed set up to produce their goods in quantity.

- Aaron