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"I'm a software developer, and I barely know nothing about electronics." That sounds like a familiar recipe for disaster. Most hardware based Kickstarters fail
by aoi84 8y ago
"I'm a software developer, and I barely know nothing about electronics."
That sounds like a familiar recipe for disaster. Most hardware based Kickstarters fail. Even successful ones deliver very late and over budget. I work in electronics and wouldn't do it.
You really need to find someone with experience in bringing products to market. Hardware mass production is extremely difficult and expensive (from prototyping to final layout to component sourcing to quality control) and that's before you get to stocking and delivery. That all requires a lot of investment, time and understanding of the underlying systems.
- pjc50 8y agoSecond this: there are a thousand things that can go wrong and irrevokably cost money. You need to get that production expertise in somehow, either by hiring or consultancy. It's possible to learn a lot from people like Bunnie Huang, such as his "Chumby" product which he blogged the development of.
- daviddumon 8y agoThanks, I'll check on this guy and his project
- daviddumon 8y agoThanks for your comment. I want to make up my mind around what's needed to go through this project. I envision it as a toy project on the prototyping/layout side, then find partners for other steps. I guess there exists companies to outsource stocking and delivery.
- petra 8y agoCan you describe what product or just hardware(hw features) you want to build without sharing any secrets ? That will help people around here guide you towards a good way to prototype it. Because there may be a way to prototype what you want without knowing much about hardware design.
- daviddumon 8y agoSure! I want to build a wristband that need a flexible rechargeable power source and to be programmed by bluetooth
- petra 8y agoWhat do you mean by flexible ? As for the wristband, have a look at hexiwear, and the hexiwear battery pack(which may be wearable). it has BLE and it does support "Firmware Over the Air update", i think.
- daviddumon 8y agoIn my mind, it was something like that : https://news.panasonic.com/global/press/data/2016/09/en160929-8/en160929-8.html https://news.panasonic.com/global/press/data/2016/09/en16092... Flexible batteries you can embad in a tissue wristband for example. But I don't know if it's possible to do so. Thanks for the link I will check it out asap.
- extra88 8y agoThe battery won't be flexible. You can have multiple batteries with flexible connections but they'll be a likely point of failure. Will you really need that much power? Bluetooth LE really is "low energy" as are many sensors. If it's supposed to make a lot of light, noise, has a motor, or use more powerful RF like WiFi, then the power requirements will be greater. You've already be directed to Adafruit which is a great resource, not just as a store and product developers in their own right but for all their learn materials and years worth of weekly videos. Here's a breakout board for charging their little LiPo batteries via MicroUSB. https://www.adafruit.com/product/1904 https://www.adafruit.com/product/1904
- daviddumon 8y agoI guess I got a lot to learn before answering the requirements question :/ Thanks for the link !
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- jonathanzufi 8y agoNot always the case - I fit this profile and made it to the other side (lifeclockone.com) - OP feel free to reach out and I’d be happy to share my experiences and help out if I can.
- daviddumon 8y agoThanks, very interesting!