[sdiy] Productionisation Service for the SDIY community

[Rob Spencer]

Hi Jack,

I see there being a few stages of testing starting with a review of the design. At a minimum there would be polarity protection diodes, bypass caps at IC, etc. I could put together a design standards doc, which we could circulate here to get some kind of quorum on. I'm by no means an expert on design, far from it, but happy to facilitate. The info at dintree.com is fantastic.

This would help get designs to a minimum standard and protect people's kit. Obviously there's people who know far more than me about Synth designs so I'll probably be asking most of the dumb questions.

PCBs would then be ordered and test builds completed. The build docs would also be written at this point. The build would then be fully tested by both the designer and myself so we agree it's doing what it should. Together with calibration and test routines.

A further test build would then be completed by a third person using the build docs.

On successful completion of the final build, the design would be classed as productionised and go on the website.

With regards to the figures, these would be agreed on a case by case basis depending how much effort each party has put in to ensure everyone gets a fair deal.

Cheers

Rob

> On 21 Sep 2015, at 09:30, Jack Jackson <jackdamery at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Hi Rob,
> 
> It sounds like a good idea. I'm just wondering how would you ensure quality of the designs when receiving them from people of different levels of experience and different points of view on design? Perhaps some QA/testing procedure?
> 
> I definitely think that clear documentation and explanation of the designs would go a long way to help the newcomers to the community.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Jack Jackson
> 
> 
> > From: Rob at gmsn.co.uk
> > Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 09:16:04 +0100
> > To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> > Subject: [sdiy] Productionisation Service for the SDIY community
> > 
> > Hi guys,
> > 
> > I've been toying with the idea of launching a service for people who want to share their designs with the wider community but don't want the hassle that comes with sorting out kits and dealing with all the shipping.
> > 
> > I know most people on this list have no problems etching PCBs and sourcing components, but there's a lot of others out there who would benefit greatly from this sort of thing.
> > 
> > It wouldn't be a get rich quick scheme, purely a service for the SDIY community.
> > 
> > GMSN would handle pretty much everything from sourcing the PCBs and components. Putting kits together and all the shipping. Panel design could either be done by the designer or could be done by GMSN.
> > 
> > Modules would be offered as PCBs, PCB and Panel, Full kits or Prebuilt Modules. I would also put together the build docs and it would be up to the designer on whether they wish to include schematics.
> > 
> > Example build docs can be found at gmsn.co.uk/support.
> > 
> > Like I said earlier this isn't a get rich quick scheme, it's a service to the SDIY community. There would be a mark up of, say 20% for GMSN and the same for the designer.
> > 
> > The whole ethos of GMSN is to make SDIY more accessible to beginners and help grow the community. Giving the community somewhere to share their designs, not just in schematic form but also in actual kits they can build would be a huge help.
> > 
> > What do people think? Would people just getting into SDIY benefit from this sort of thing? Are the figures ridiculous? Does this sort of service exist elsewhere?
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > Rob
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