[Discuss] Sharing best practices

[Nathan Seidle]

Hi Michael - Ah hah! OP = original poster. That is a great point (how
do I select components?)! But it sounds like information that deserves
its own page ('how to discover and select suppliers'). Feel free to
start that thread and/or doc. I am happy to propose it once it's
hammered upon.

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Nathan Seidle
CEO, SparkFun Electronics Inc
Boulder, CO
Phone : 1-303-284-0979
Fax : 1-303-443-0048


On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 10:59 PM, Michael Shiloh
<michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is great Nathan. Thanks.
>
> One thing I've been mulling over is how we manager parts lists, or, more
> generally, part selection in general.
>
> You mention a spreadsheet. Implicit in this is a collection of parts which
> the OP presumably has evaluated and likes. This is valuable information! Why
> did you chose this red LED over the million others available? How much
> flexibility do I have on this diode, so that I might combine quantities with
> another project which requires a similar, but different, diode? What are
> equivalents at different vendors?
>
> M
>
>
> On 10/02/2012 08:50 PM, Nathan Seidle wrote:
>>
>> Hi mailing list,
>>
>> I've been mulling around the best practices for sharing in the OSHW
>> community. If it makes sense, I think it would be good to add this to
>> the OSHWA website someday.
>>
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XbzNvMgqbg7EyDy2UBWKvlV1WmWHWKOdjdkzAIAHTWM/edit
>>
>> Please log in if you've got a google account so we can track changes.
>> My goal is to point out the major groups: real-world photos,
>> enclosure, PCB, code, documentation. I know there are others but I'm
>> having brainstorm block at the moment.
>>
>> Please remember OSHW includes more than electronics. My dream is to
>> have a bicycle manufacturer in the group some day. How would they
>> share?
>>
>> Let me know what you think.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> -Nathan
>>
>> --
>> Nathan Seidle
>> CEO, SparkFun Electronics Inc
>> Boulder, CO
>> Phone : 1-303-284-0979
>> Fax : 1-303-443-0048
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