16 Apr
2017
16 Apr
'17
3:13 p.m.
On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 2:31 PM, Allan Mwenda allanitomwesh@gmail.com wrote:
God damn NDAs. And it really is a common design too, chinese companies are basically slapping logos on the same chassis.
yyep... because the casework molds and PCB design files have made their way into the "system", where it's easy for that to happen.
the problem is: the moment you want to do something different - such as put in a 5mm x 54mm slot - that's a complete redesign of the molds. fees for developing molds are anything from $20k to $250k. there's a good article on bunniestudios (actually several):
https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=189 https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=4146
l.