Contaced a Factory in China about producing a run of fully populated Mini-migs

[whiteb]

amigadave wrote:
@sir_inferno,

Don't you lick all your PCBs before you start soldering? :lol:

Tastes like Commodore chicken lips!    :crazy:

Yeah, didn't you know that Saliva works better than Solder flux ?

[nBit7]

If you want to keep the price down then you will want to steer clear of digikey and farnell.

Sources can be found using a service like partminer (www.partminer.com)

Or go to manufacturer site and find out who the distributors are.

[tonyyeb]

Any news on this? Nearly two weeks since last update?

[Crom00]

Some delays. UK Postal strike slowed down assembly of our test unit.  Will advise further. Hope to decide on a factory and start on the first 10 units within the next couple of weeks. Finding someone that will do small numbers is a challenge.

[Darrin]

Crom00 wrote:
Some delays. UK Postal strike slowed down assembly of our test unit.  Will advise further. Hope to decide on a factory and start on the first 10 units within the next couple of weeks. Finding someone that will do small numbers is a challenge.

I'm still hanging in here, waiting and hoping.  Good luck.   :-)

[JimS]

The November issue of Circuit Cellar Ink magazine has a short article on putting a project into production. Interesting, but nothing new to the folk trying to set this up. It's good background for those following along from the gallery. ;-)

[tonyyeb]

Any joy with your Minimig Crom00?

[tonyyeb]

Any news Crom? Got any rough dates in mind for delivery of the beta boards?

[Crom00]

One factory is moving slow, really slow with costs. Another is much more on the ball in that regard. Whatever factory I decide expect 6 weeks for turnover of funds to getting boards in hand. That will get us 10 boards to play with for those that showed interest and PM'd me for a dev board.

Things have gone slow becuase one of the vendors is taking forever to get answers and we had a 2 week delay in getting our boards from the UK.

Spent the weekend playing with the MiniMig sample we have. Very nice. It's picky about the type of MMC card used as you won't get a display unless you use a compatible card. Monitor must support 50hz. I use a Hanns G 22" 1080p screen. Not the best monitor to showcase this as it stretches horiz pixels too much due to the widescreen.

[tonyyeb]

How long before you want to cold hard cash??!

[Crom00]

When we place the order with the factory, pay them and get working samples then we will accept orders for the first 10 units. This is also a side gig for us so paying gigs take prioirty but despite the setbacks we have spent decent time on this and things are progressing.

All I know is I just boxed the thing up becuase I'm finding myself PLAYING the games for too long instead of testing one and moving onto the next game, or getting other work done. Highly addictive...

[AJCopland]

Crom00 wrote:

All I know is I just boxed the thing up becuase I'm finding myself PLAYING the games for too long instead of testing one and moving onto the next game, or getting other work done. Highly addictive...

Now thats a nice thing to hear :-D

[tonyyeb]

Just about to order a competition pro joystick.... hope the minimigs are coming soon!

[terminator4]

I can't wait to see this forum filled with postings about "dead" minimigs - made in china and people pleading for help.   High *cough* quality from china.  frankly you'd be better off to make it in your home country, close to a manufacturer who you can visit and see to ensure all is done right (quality control).   Don't people hear about the toy recalls?  Think about it next time you decide to do business with china...
what you pay for is what you get...  If it was me, I'd make this either in Canada, USA, Japan/Korea/taiwan or some european country (depending on where you're located - giving you close access to manufacturer).

oh and once you make 50000, don't forget you may see another 50000 duplicates offered at quarter of price.  (see China does not see copyrights/trademarks too well, so protect your intellectual property). :-D

[terminator4]

@guru-666

true.  but what do you expect?  people don't want to pay much for anything these days.  America is turning into a 3rd world country.  Good paying jobs are disappearing also.

[terminator4]

Vlabguy1 wrote:
Why would you contact China..everything they make is CRAP!!

Why not the U.S.??  

Glad to see i'm not the only one that feels this way.  Pick Taiwan, at least they are not communist rogue nation, and some of their stuff is good quality.  Best make it in USA at least you'll be sure its meeting quality controls (whatever you want them to be).