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Dangerous Prototypes FAQWhat we do
How we startedWhy open source?
Why open development?Why free PCBs?Why fulfillment?Lessons learned
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What we do Design electronic tools and toys
Copies available from Seeed Studio Batches of 100-500
Education: tutorials and how-tos Electronics and business how-tos
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Why open source?
All project files are free to download and use
Education and innovation
Community contributes features and fixes
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How we started How-tos at
Instructables Writer at DIY Life
and Hack a Day blogs
Bus Pirate sale with Seeed Studio
Started Dangerous Prototypes
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Our setup Blog -
announcements, news (WordPress)
Forum - user help, development (phpBB3)
Wiki - documentation (MediaWiki)
SVN - source code
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Where are we now? 100 projects
designed 30 projects in
production Distributors world
wide 3 full time, 2 part
time team members 2 paid contributors
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Why open development?
Design and develop projects publiclyLike open source software
Early user feedback Outside evaluation
Free expertiseDocument development
Small revisions, you have to design and support it
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Why free PCBs?
We get 10 PCBs, give away 5 free
Fun! Crowd source
testing and verification
Publicity
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Why fulfillment?
We're good at hardware design and support
Seeed Studio is good at hardware manufacturing and shipping
We focus on our best quality
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Lessons learned
Lessons from our experience and our friends in the open hardware business
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Allow commercial use Open source
means any use Allow others to
profit from your project
Cloning is uncommon, discouraged
Free publicity and exposure
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Don't buy a pick and place!
It's a cool machine! You don't need it! A second business 6 months learning Many small and
medium hardware designers regret it
Image: Adafruit Industries
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Be visible How-tos and
contests for publicity
Go to Maker Faires and Hacker Spaces
Video is the online Maker Faire
Show what you already do!