Custom Hardware Fabrication

clive at fiveclive at five
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
Hey, all.



I've heard of people bringing their hardware designs to a fabricator to produce a small number of units. Does anyone know of a source I could look in to? This wouldn't even be complex PCBs or anything... just smaller than what I can solder by hand.



I can find a couple custom electronics design sites online but I'd like to know if anyone has a particular one they would recommend.



Thanks,



-Clive

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  • Reply 1 of 5
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Clive At Five View Post


    Hey, all.



    I've heard of people bringing their hardware designs to a fabricator to produce a small number of units. Does anyone know of a source I could look in to? This wouldn't even be complex PCBs or anything... just smaller than what I can solder by hand.



    I can find a couple custom electronics design sites online but I'd like to know if anyone has a particular one they would recommend.



    Thanks,



    -Clive



    How far have you gotten and what exactly do you hope to accomplish?
  • Reply 2 of 5
    clive at fiveclive at five Posts: 758member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Splinemodel View Post


    How far have you gotten and what exactly do you hope to accomplish?



    It's simply a matter of creating an extension cable for two connectors for which an extender does not exist. I have part numbers for the connectors. I just need someone to connect a cable between the two of them. I'd be looking for about 100 of these, maybe more.
  • Reply 3 of 5
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Clive At Five View Post


    It's simply a matter of creating an extension cable for two connectors for which an extender does not exist. I have part numbers for the connectors. I just need someone to connect a cable between the two of them. I'd be looking for about 100 of these, maybe more.



    http://www.cablestogo.com/



    These guys will do what you want. I've had them put together small runs of proto cables. The price was pretty good and the turnaround was fast.
  • Reply 4 of 5
    clive at fiveclive at five Posts: 758member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Splinemodel View Post


    http://www.cablestogo.com/



    These guys will do what you want. I've had them put together small runs of proto cables. The price was pretty good and the turnaround was fast.



    Thanks! I put a request in to these guys.



    Any other suggestions?



    -Clive
  • Reply 5 of 5
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Clive At Five View Post


    Thanks! I put a request in to these guys.



    Any other suggestions?



    -Clive



    Not really. Cables are pretty simple, and I don't see any further issues. I was almost expecting that you were going to request something more complicated, stipulating also that you have very little money to spend. Then I would have proceeded to lay down a couple of options, none of which would have been satisfactory in either requested quality or cost.



    Fortunately, it was much simpler!
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