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I have experience manufacturing hardware devices in europe and in the US ...

• varjag 6y ago
  I mean you have a point to supply chain and warehousing headache this law could involve if passed as is. But overall hardware development, certification and manufacturing in Europe is just as uneventful as anywhere else. I've done hw development with teams on Taiwan, in Eastern and Northern Europe. We sell our products to all continents and are getting regional approvals as necessary. It is a barrier but rather uniform all over. Fact is hardware development and manufacturing is never going to be as forgiving or cheap as software. There is cost, permanence and obligations when you cross over into physical realm.
  • b20000 6y ago
    OK, so you actually have not personally taken a product through certification, that you yourself developed. I have actually done that, in europe, and I can tell you it was far from "uneventful". If you work for a company with lots of resources to handle all of that process for you, and all you need to do is shuttle a few emails back and forth, then your experience is irrelevant.
    • varjag 6y ago
      No, I did that for a number of products, I have no idea how you deduced that. At some point I was the only engineer in the company! I can still perfectly recall dating back 15 years how each product was tested and what the issues were. Am always on the lab floor when tests are administered, doing the setup work myself and sometimes fixing the issues as they arise. In the teams, all electronic designs are reviewed and signed off by me. Hate to be blunt, but if you can't push your product past the baseline EMC tests (like 47 CFR 15b or EN55032), your designs have no business being out there in the wild.