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In regards to hardware startups, I would think Europe should have the leading edge in comparison to America due to their proximity to China- in America, if I wa
by Vexs 11y ago
In regards to hardware startups, I would think Europe should have the leading edge in comparison to America due to their proximity to China- in America, if I want to start sourcing parts from china, or go into production, It's a significant endeavor. If I'm just a hobbyist screwing around at a workbench, I can pay a huge markup on parts from American vendors, or I can wait 3 weeks to get the same thing from China.
I can't speak from experience in regards to hardware startups, I've just made a handful of one-off boards, but after reading Bunnie's blog in regards to his trips to China and such, the importance of location near it becomes apparent.
- pjc50 11y ago"proximity to China"? We're not significantly closer. We get our parts by ocean or air shipping with roughly the same costs. But we do have WEEE and CE regulations which make selling small-batch electronics a huge pain. I'm very impressed that Arduino managed it, and Pi had a last-minute CE approval near-disaster.