[sdiy] Productionisation Service for the SDIY community

[David G Dixon]

I think you are making a bit too much out of some of these things,
Nathanael.  For example, I never add protection diodes to my own designs.
Why?  Because I never plug them in wrong, so it would be a waste.  (I add
"Johnson/Salas" Schottky diodes to my 2164 circuits to protect those chips
specifically, because they are instantly destroyed on negative power, but
other chips can generally survive.)

Intellijel always adds protection diodes to their designs, because you can't
rely on the end user to do things right.  The thing about SDIY is that it is
primarily intended for the builder himself or herself, so some of the
"safety" features are overlooked.  When I sell boards to other DIYers, I
presume that they are more or less as non-dumb as I am about stuff like
that, so I don't bother to add that stuff.  As far as I'm concerned, people
doing DIY do so at their own risk, and need to be just a little more
switched on than the average punter.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl 
> [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of 
> Nathanael King
> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 9:50 AM
> To: Needham, Alan; synth-diy
> Subject: [sdiy] Productionisation Service for the SDIY community
> 
> (One of the) Original post(s) referenced completing circuits 
> like adding power protection, and other generalized 
> provisions. It just strikes me as strange that someone would 
> be incapable of completing his work, but able to complete a 
> product suitable for mass consumption. We already have enough 
> incomplete modules flooding the market. Or, if incomplete 
> isn't a suitable word, simply not completely thought out from 
> an end user perspective. While I understand generic circuit 
> building blocks might improve a circuit, I feel it's logical 
> to conclude a designer that does not know or has not taken 
> the steps to understand why those building blocks are 
> necessary can't have made necessary adjustments to other 
> parts of the circuit that may not be glaringly obvious. I was 
> making a separate point from the below. Not wanting to do a 
> pcb layout is not indicative of being ill-equipped.
> 
> And, I hear you on not wanting to do a one-off, it depends on 
> your specialty. Some are better at the prototype phase 
> whereas others are better at the computer work phase. I'm a 
> computer work guy, I hate the breadboard. It's my experience 
> there are already at least a fair supply of ones willing to 
> lay out a pcb for free or little.
> 
> And, for what it's worth, I'm not intending to parade rain, 
> I'm 100% on board with growing and improving the community by 
> any means necessary. I just don't like the idea of attempting 
> to non-monetarily improve or finish the designs of others. It 
> sounds like a bad idea for the end user, and the one trying 
> to improve the base design.
> 
> --
> Nate King
> Paper Products Music
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