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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Costs involved in manufacturing a productRe: Costs involved in manufacturing a product
From: roland <for_spam_at_gmx.de>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 21:22:39 +0100 hi! > I'm just wondering, this is semi OT... What would the costs (from the very important factors are - the manufacturers country (asia produces electronic stuff very cheap) - how many items you want to produce (think in that terms: initiating the "producing process" as such can be a very expensive issue - and this costs need to be calculated down to each produced item. e.g.: you want to produce a cdrom: the creation of the "master cd" costs ~$300. (don`t know actual pricing). after that "mastering", costs for raw material and processing are on a <10cent/each range, but you need to calculate the costs of the master cd into each cd. if you just need a company to produce the printed circuit board and assemble/solder the electronics - this should be MUCH cheaper than producing the whole device (with case, mechanics etc...) i think there are not too few companies, offering such service at a fair price. i remember, that i saw a website with "open source hardware" projects. (maybe http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Hardware/Open_Source/ is a good entry?) actually, there already ARE some "open hardware" mp3-player projects. why starting a own one and reinvent the weel? this is complex stuff - perhaps better get an existing design, join the devteam, make the thing better..... i can`t understand, why the world needs 12312 different kinds of linux distributions. but they exist. same with mp3-hardware-player-hobby-projects. there are a lot! if you dont find the projects on the net - i think i stored some bookmarks. will search for you, if you like >Would they hire an outside firm to do it or what? i think so! regards roland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul "Winkie" Robins" <paul_at_gamingmp.com> To: <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 12:27 PM Subject: OT: Costs involved in manufacturing a product > I'm just wondering, this is semi OT... What would the costs (from the > originating company's point of view) be in having a product such as the > FM Recorder manufactured? Would they hire an outside firm to do it or > what? I'm curious becuase i'd like to start an open source project to > produce an efficient, neat, upgradable, well maintained and generally > all-around-brilliant mp3 player / portable hdd / radio / etc in one. > > Paul > Received on 2003-11-28 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |