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for some reason my account still says account type: trial in the account profile is this normal
Hello,
I really like your project and I think I have skills to help you.
I received an email from Sophie and I like to gave you some feedback from my experience on my own proyects submited for HackaDay Prize. I have a preliminary BOM for the Black Mirror Project that dont get fit on the "Components" section of my project profile because we are profiling 2 separate BOMs for different models of the same device, one first version designed for the Best Product contest that will prioritize low cost and opensource hardware in a DIY kit form for a crowdsourcing campaing on CrowdSupply by the end of the year for a Profesional Maker/Hacker prosumer and another model in a more integrated way with more ergonomics, better perfomance on resolution and frame rendering for a consumer like aproach for final users.
I will take a look on the FindChipsPro this week to test our BOMs on that awesome tool and share it with you to take a more experience based opinion on the platform.
Best wishes and Happy Hacking!
I looked into this - it sounds great, but it won't give me an account. I'm a hackaday.io member who just hasn't happened to submit a project in the 2017 Hackaday Prize. When I try to use my hackaday.io account to sign up, it says:
"We're sorry, it looks like you haven't submitted any project to the Hackaday Prize 2017"
which, of course, I knew already. Is it not enough to be active on had.io and have projects I want to make open BOMS for? Should I submit a random project to the prize just to get an account with FindChipsPro?
@dackdel open bill of materials, as in open to the public.
Wow, this is pretty amazing, especially locating part on Digikey is great. I just uploaded my Schematic file from Eagle, no more exporting and all that stuff. And since this shows costs, even better. Some issues I faced:
1. I couldn't group some parts together (eg. I had to find a 0.1 uF and 100nF)
2. Some part numbers don't match and I can't seem to edit them meaningfully.
3. I don't know how to get prices automatically for the ESP32, its not on Digikey.
Anyone who would like to give feedback in realtime should join the chatroom.
More feedback: The UI needs work. My impression is that as is, it is more useful for industrial users than hobbyists. It is not a full BOM for a project or a product as it doesn't allow for parts that are not in the database
- Need to be able to handle BOM items that are not in findchips.com database. Either being able to add other parts e.g. OSH Park PCB and/or CAD drawings for 3D printing, mechanical parts, firmware load etc.
- being able to delete the items easily. additional columns for comments, alternative part, alternative configuration
- provide a way of selecting a single supplier to source all the parts from a pull down to cut down shipping fees/delivery time/custom etc. For hobbist show hidden cost, processing fees
- it is painful to use the database for generic passive parts. Unlike industrial products that that needs full control of the suppliers/sourcing, open source projects are best served by what's available to the end user which might be in a different country with different availability. This last part is very different between industrial products and open source projects.
It's an open source BOM tool? Where can I find the source code? What OSI-approved license is it released under?
EDIT: Subtitle has been updated. Thanks!
No idea... But it's another site of the supplyframe galaxy, so it makes sense that they converge here.
The description needs update ;) It's referring to "Open BOMs" (as in Open Hardware).
It is like those build a pc websites. :D
Sometimes it make sense to order all the BOM from a single distributor as the shipping cost (+handling cost/duty/tariff) can add up quickly. It would be nice if its is aware of hidden costs such as: shipping cost, minimum ordering quantities for each item, minimum ordering to qualify for free shipping etc.
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Is there a way to get part status/stock update alerts via email? This would be a very useful.