Portal to Shenzhen

1. 1
A Journey
from Shenzhen Bay
to San Francisco Bay
@seeedstudio
Seeed US team

2. Eric Pan
maker, biker
Founder & CEO
ep@seeed.cc

3. From Supply Chain to Demand Chain
Open Source
Technology
Indie
Design
Diverse
Demand
Crowd Funding
Additive Manufacture
Agile Supply
Chain
SNS Marketing
Maker Community
Free Tools

4. 4
Hardware
Orchestra
Software
Band
Complexity of a team for a new product prototype

5. 5
p.seeed.cc

6. B2M2C
Business Maker Consumer
Accessible Technology Indie Design
Open Innovation Participatory Feedback
6

7. 1 Open Source Hardware for Prototyping

8. 8
opl.seeed.cc
Sharing Open Parts Library Sharing Supply Chain
• Cost, Lead time & Quality
• Embedded knowledge sharing
• Optimized manufacturing process
• 700+ popular components
• Sufficient stock
• Verified source
2 Open Parts Library for Supply Chain

9. //Serial Relay - Arduino will patch a
//serial link between the computer and the GPRS
Shield
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
SoftwareSerial GPRS(7, 8);
unserial port int count=0;
signed char buffer[64];
void setup()
{
GPRS.begin(19200);
Serial.begin(19200);
}
void loop()
{ if (GPRS.available())
{ while(GPRS.available())
{ buffer[count++]=GPRS.read();
if(count == 64)break; } Serial.write(buffer,count);
clearBufferArray();
count = 0;
}
if (Serial.available()) // if data is available on
hardwareserial port ==> data is comming from PC or
notebook GPRS.write(Serial.read()); // write it to
the GPRS shield
}
void clearBufferArray() // function to clear buffer
array
for (int i=0; i<count;i++)
{ buffer[i]=NULL;}
3 Open Manufacturing for Process

10. 4 manufacturing as a service

11. 11
HardwareSoftware
Minutes Months
Compilation Time

12. Can we compile a hardware
in
4 Manufacturing as a service
Hours?

13. 13
1730 Collect requirements
1735 Input customer Order
1745 Run MRP
1750 Release PO to PCB supplier
1750 Confirm the stencil and soldering process
1750 Arrange to prepare material
1900 Leave office and wait for PCB
0800 Receive PCB board
0825 IQC for PCB
0835 Make offline First article inspection
0935 Test the FAI
0935 Debug and program the automatic printer
0950 Put feeder on Pick and place machine
1010 SMT program debug
1040 Make online 3pcs FAI
1045 Verify the 3pcs FAI
1100 Prepare wave soldering
1130 Complete SMT production
1200 Complete wave soldering
1330 Solder DIP component manually
1340 Test and repair the board
1410 Wash the boards
1420 Packing anti-static bags
1440 Final quality inspection
1556 Enter inventory
08:00 5/8 08:25 5/8
10:10 5/8 10:13 5/8
10:45 5/8 11:00 5/8
Raspberry Pi Relay Board
was completed in 22.5 hours

15. To bridge the gap,

17. • Bridging communication gap and time difference
• Fast prototyping and engaging manufacturing proces
• Sharing manufacturing knowledge
Decentralized manufacture

18. Meanwhile in Shenzhen,

19. 19
Meanwhile, in China

20. 增加一些照片
Shenzhen Maker Faire – June 19-21 2015