Anyone know of a reliable and easy to work with electronic c

[Dan Charette]

Hi All...

I've just spent the last six months designing and testing a mixed
signal project that involves multichannel audio playback from a hard
drive, analog preamp/power amplification, touchscreen LCD display and
associated power supplies for a medical application. I've been
building small quantities in my shop up to this point, but am looking
to align with a reliable and decent electronics contract manufacturer
that can handle much larger quantities and help with refining the
design and getting appropriate safety certifications and such. Does
anyone know of some companies that they've had experience with that I
inquire to with such a project? I've been doing searches on the net
and am completely overwhelmed at the number of different companies out
there. Just thought I'd inquire here as I'm sure a few of you out
have had to go through this type of search as well and was just hoping
someone has some real good results and support from a company or two
they'd be willing to refer me to. Any help in this department would
be greatly appreciated.

Thanks fellas!

Dan

 

[Clive Tobin]

Dan Charette wrote:
looking

to align with a reliable and decent electronics contract manufacturer

Logan Industries www.loganind.com

They are able to make all kinds of stuff and are nice people. So far
the only thing I've had them make is some very tricky cables using tiny
Fischer connectors. They are the first place that has been able to make
them correctly the first time.

 

[Joel Kolstad]

Dan,

Where are you located? It's attractive to stick with someone local, of
course, although unfortunately I've now been bitten twice by just going with
'the local guys' and then ending up with people much further away when the
local guys' quality is unacceptable. (But I've always been in smallish
towns...)

 

[Dan Charette]

Joel...

I'm located in the central US in Omaha. Not a major hotbed of local
electronic manufacturing here. I don't mind having to go out a ways
to get something done, as long as it's done with quality and the
company stands behind their work. Basically, I'm just looking to find
a company that will be very supportive and follow through with the
project without too many hangups as well as be able to support the
demand for a larger quantity of units should we need to place a 1000
piece order and have it be filled within say 6 weeks time.

Thanks!

Dan

On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:49:46 -0700, "Joel Kolstad"
<JKolstad71HatesSpam@yahoo.com> wrote:

Dan,

Where are you located? It's attractive to stick with someone local, of
course, although unfortunately I've now been bitten twice by just going with
'the local guys' and then ending up with people much further away when the
local guys' quality is unacceptable. (But I've always been in smallish
towns...)

 

[RST Engineering (jw)]

"Dan Charette" <dan@thesonicfrogFUZZ.com> wrote in message
news:v52nf1p3o56g0ncmmb6o7chlhm6s6qti5a@4ax.com...

Hi All...

associated power supplies for a medical application.

That ups the cost a little. Most I know turn the light bulb off when the
word "medical" or "lawyer" is mentioned.

looking
to align with a reliable and decent electronics contract manufacturer
that can handle much larger quantities

That's relatively simple.

and help with refining the
design

That's relatively simple.

and getting appropriate safety certifications and such.

That's relatively simple. However, to combine all 3 of these requirements
into one company that has the deep pockets to get into the medical field is
going to be difficult or difficult in the extreme depending on whether or
not the device could kill somebody if it malfunctioned.

I'd rethink exactly what you are looking for. Seems to me you are doing
what all of us would love to be able to do ... sit on our butts and invent,
give it to somebody to make it a manufacturable product, get it certified,
build it, and we get the profits. Nice work if you can get it.

Jim

 

[CF]

Call Karen Brown at Vitel Technologies at 678-421-6237 (Atlanta Area - easy
transportation etc). They were a large volume manufacturer of mother boards
for HP and others until the market collapsed. They are owned by American
Megatrends (AMI), one of the PC BIOS pioneers/leaders. They do very good
work and are easy to deal with. Tell em NCS sent you.
Carey Fisher


"Dan Charette" <dan@thesonicfrogFUZZ.com> wrote in message
news:v52nf1p3o56g0ncmmb6o7chlhm6s6qti5a@4ax.com...
Hi All...

I've just spent the last six months designing and testing a mixed
signal project that involves multichannel audio playback from a hard
drive, analog preamp/power amplification, touchscreen LCD display and
associated power supplies for a medical application. I've been
building small quantities in my shop up to this point, but am looking
to align with a reliable and decent electronics contract manufacturer
that can handle much larger quantities and help with refining the
design and getting appropriate safety certifications and such. Does
anyone know of some companies that they've had experience with that I
inquire to with such a project? I've been doing searches on the net
and am completely overwhelmed at the number of different companies out
there. Just thought I'd inquire here as I'm sure a few of you out
have had to go through this type of search as well and was just hoping
someone has some real good results and support from a company or two
they'd be willing to refer me to. Any help in this department would
be greatly appreciated.

Thanks fellas!

Dan

 

[Rich Grise]

On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:29:18 -0500, Dan Charette wrote:

Hi All...

I've just spent the last six months designing and testing a mixed
signal project that involves multichannel audio playback from a hard
drive, analog preamp/power amplification, touchscreen LCD display and
associated power supplies for a medical application. I've been
building small quantities in my shop up to this point, but am looking
to align with a reliable and decent electronics contract manufacturer
that can handle much larger quantities and help with refining the
design and getting appropriate safety certifications and such. Does
anyone know of some companies that they've had experience with that I
inquire to with such a project?
....

Actually, this sounds like a job for "yellow pages". If you're in
a sizeable town, there might be somebody right around the corner.

Good Luck!
Rich

 

[Rich Grise]

On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:26:35 -0700, RST Engineering (jw) wrote:

"Dan Charette" <dan@thesonicfrogFUZZ.com> wrote in message
news:v52nf1p3o56g0ncmmb6o7chlhm6s6qti5a@4ax.com...
....
and getting appropriate safety certifications and such.

That's relatively simple. However, to combine all 3 of these requirements
into one company that has the deep pockets to get into the medical field is
going to be difficult or difficult in the extreme depending on whether or
not the device could kill somebody if it malfunctioned.

I'd rethink exactly what you are looking for. Seems to me you are doing
what all of us would love to be able to do ... sit on our butts and invent,
give it to somebody to make it a manufacturable product, get it certified,
build it, and we get the profits. Nice work if you can get it.

That's what I've been trying to do with my left-hand microwave
oven design - I guess I could bother to draw one; I do enjoy the
heck out of playing with blocks in Autocad Mechanical Desktop.
It's simplicity itself - a microwave oven with the door hinge on
the other side. All I need is somebody to sign an LC for say a
million units, and I'd be happpy with a dollar an oven.

Thanks!
Rich
Yes, "just for the idea".
Now, what was that product-dev group's name again? ;-)

 

[keith]

On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:29:18 -0500, Dan Charette wrote:

Hi All...

I've just spent the last six months designing and testing a mixed
signal project that involves multichannel audio playback from a hard
drive, analog preamp/power amplification, touchscreen LCD display and
associated power supplies for a medical application. I've been
building small quantities in my shop up to this point, but am looking
to align with a reliable and decent electronics contract manufacturer
that can handle much larger quantities and help with refining the
design and getting appropriate safety certifications and such. Does
anyone know of some companies that they've had experience with that I
inquire to with such a project? I've been doing searches on the net
and am completely overwhelmed at the number of different companies out
there. Just thought I'd inquire here as I'm sure a few of you out
have had to go through this type of search as well and was just hoping
someone has some real good results and support from a company or two
they'd be willing to refer me to. Any help in this department would
be greatly appreciated.

I've worked with Sanmina SCI. They're *good*, but they like the $$.

--
Keith