Recurring advice from conversations I have with folks at other hardware startups is “prototype as blazingly fast as you possibly can"
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Things that are unthinkable in product are massive time-savers in proto. Your thinking shifts-“how can I spend less than half a day on this"
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And that is - to go from Zero to Board
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One of the fastest prototypers I've ever met would tweak a board until 100% of nets would autoroute. This is inverted from product thinking.
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Do you know how disgusted most EEs are even thinking of that? But then one person gets to move on and the other is doing painstaking layout
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@starsandrobots At least until the board fails and you spend weeks debugging... -
@starsandrobots There is definitely a balance though. -
@ZetaSyanthis prototype's not supposed to last forerever! But yeah if you haven't learned what you need to move on..
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@starsandrobots yes and yes :-) -
@bmastenbrook shoot then what do you wish more people knew how to do? :) -
@starsandrobots we did one prototype last year with a quick-turn PCB and hand mounted it, then connected to existing product via I2C pads -
@starsandrobots it ended up sort of a weird hybrid of old and new, but it really helped refine the product concept quickly -
@bmastenbrook that's awesome -
@starsandrobots along the way my EE partner discovered that magnet wire is great for this kind of stuff. Thin, insulated, somewhat robust. -
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@bmastenbrook litz wire also (but pricey)
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@starsandrobots yes and please yes! -
@fctry2 fave tips? -
@starsandrobots should I wax poetic about my love of hot glue? Or how I've fallen in love with Eagles autorouter?
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@starsandrobots Just, you know, squirt hot glue all over it. All. Over. It.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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