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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><div><div dir="ltr">Hi Rob,<div><br></div><div>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?</div><div><br></div><div>I definitely think that clear documentation and explanation of the designs would go a long way to help the newcomers to the community.</div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards,<div>Jack Jackson</div><br><br><div>> From: Rob@gmsn.co.uk<br>> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 09:16:04 +0100<br>> To: synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl<br>> Subject: [sdiy] Productionisation Service for the SDIY community<br>> <br>> Hi guys,<br>> <br>> 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.<br>> <br>> 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.<br>> <br>> It wouldn't be a get rich quick scheme, purely a service for the SDIY community.<br>> <br>> 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.<br>> <br>> 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.<br>> <br>> Example build docs can be found at gmsn.co.uk/support.<br>> <br>> 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.<br>> <br>> 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.<br>> <br>> 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?<br>> <br>> Cheers<br>> <br>> Rob<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Synth-diy mailing list<br>> Synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl<br>> http://dropmix.xs4all.nl/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy<br></div></div> </div></div><style><!--
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