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Going from a large corporate environment with strict design reviews, to the only hardware adept person on my small team I was really missing some sort of feedba

by zciwor 5y ago

Going from a large corporate environment with strict design reviews, to the only hardware adept person on my small team I was really missing some sort of feedback on some of my (open source) designs. Reddit.com/r/printedcircuitboards roughly serves as this, but I thought it could be fun to spin up something purpose built. The hope is to build a nice environment to get some fresh eyes on a new PCB design before you wait 2-3 weeks to get your PCBs built. The schematic gets shown in a PDF viewer and any uploaded Gerber files are converted to SVG and displayed for reference. Long term, I would love to see if this can grow into a repository of open source hardware that could easily be indexed and referenced for inspiration. Obviously, please don't post any IP protected designs here.

foo92691 5y ago
In my experience, ALL designs at $corp are "IP protected."
mmastrac 5y ago
/r/printedcircuitboards seems to be filled with spam. Looks like /r/PrintedCircuitBoard/ is the correct one.
lwcassid 5y ago
Love what you've built so far! I've always wondered why it's so much easier to get feedback on code and product design mockups, but the hardware world has yet to catch up. It would be especially nice to streamline discussion between EEs, mechanical engineers, and maybe even industrial designers. I think the key is creating a space where people can comment in context, as someone here suggested, and take action on the comments. Similar to Figma or Google Docs, the ability to facilitate discussion and iterate quickly makes the design process faster. That's essentially what we're trying to build at Flux.ai (I'm a cofounder). We're still in private beta and have lots to figure out, but I'd love to chat with you and get your thoughts on what we've built so far :)

3 ms·

Going from a large corporate environment with strict design reviews, to the only hardware adept person on my small team I was really missing some sort of feedba

by zciwor 5y ago

foo92691 5y ago
In my experience, ALL designs at $corp are "IP protected."
mmastrac 5y ago
/r/printedcircuitboards seems to be filled with spam. Looks like /r/PrintedCircuitBoard/ is the correct one.
lwcassid 5y ago
Love what you've built so far! I've always wondered why it's so much easier to get feedback on code and product design mockups, but the hardware world has yet to catch up. It would be especially nice to streamline discussion between EEs, mechanical engineers, and maybe even industrial designers. I think the key is creating a space where people can comment in context, as someone here suggested, and take action on the comments. Similar to Figma or Google Docs, the ability to facilitate discussion and iterate quickly makes the design process faster. That's essentially what we're trying to build at Flux.ai (I'm a cofounder). We're still in private beta and have lots to figure out, but I'd love to chat with you and get your thoughts on what we've built so far :)