Manufacturing Electronics/PC Based Hardware

Manufacturing Electronics/PC Based Hardware

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blueski

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247 months

Thursday 12th May 2005
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Hi all,

I'm developing an idea for a hardware box to perform a particular application. It's going to run some form of Linux and the innards will bear close resemblence to those of a PC, although repackaged with an LCD interface.

My question is around manufacturing - how can I investigate the cost/process of fabricating such a product on a relatively large scale (e.g. batches of 1000 plus)?

At the moment I just need ballpark numbers to put in a spreadsheet, but know very little about manufacturing or even where to start investigating. Am hoping some of you knowledgeable folk are able to point me in the right direction.

Many thanks!

>> Edited by blueski on Thursday 12th May 15:57