I met Bunnie while living in Shenzhen a few months ago. His knowledge of the electronics supply chain in the city was immense and he gave a lot of useful tips o

I met Bunnie while living in Shenzhen a few months ago. His knowledge of the electronics supply chain in the city was immense and he gave a lot of useful tips on what to look for and ways that vendors could screw you over. If you are looking into electronics manufacturing, there is no way you don't end up in Shenzhen at some point. My personal opinion of the city is stay away when you are still in the early prototyping phase and don't have a MVP yet. Ordering from Digikey is way more reliable (though more expensive) then walking for hours searching for the right vendor in the Shenzhen markets. Once you have a functioning prototype, Shenzhen is great for finding similar IC's for much cheaper and streaminglining your supply chain and figuring out your manufacturing.