How much would something like this cost to manufacture in bulk quantities of 10?

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d1wang
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Re: How much would something like this cost to manufacture in bulk quantities of 10?

#1 Post by d1wang » 20 Feb 2019, 15:21

You are better off buying the finished product (complete with a case) from https://greatscottgadgets.com/hackrf/

Generally the biggest obstacle of getting a PCB done is getting the components, not the PCB or the assembly. Some PCBA supplier will have stocks of surface-mount passive components (R, L, C's). Many don't supply the components at all. You'd be very lucky to find someone who will the source all the components. So, the question is, what components do you have, and how will you get the components to the supplier?

You also need to calculate component cost. Here's a worksheet to begin with:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing

Note that some of the components are obsolete, so you need to find replacements. Even if you can find the components on DigiKey, DigiKey may not have stock available. Again, what components do you already have? For the components you don't have, do you want to buy a complete reel, or a DigiReel, or a cut tape? Your PCBA supplier will hate you if you only give them cut tapes because it's harder for them to feed the components to pick & place machine, and they may charge you extra fee.

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Re: How much would something like this cost to manufacture in bulk quantities of 10?

#2 Post by KevinA » 20 Feb 2019, 17:31

Better yet buy something current: https://www.cnx-software.com/2017/09/18 ... wdfunding/ for the same price as Hackrf get LimeSDR full.

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