Trying to find somebody to design a hardware project

Guys,

I am really sorry if this question comes off topic or is not in it's place exactly.

I played a lot with Arduino board and Raspberry PI and found them very interesting as a base for my future commercial project.

So, my question is - could you, please help me find a good hardware designer who can help me with building the schematics, then layout of the PCB. Then after the prototypes are live and working I will write the software for this project. It will be based on Raspberry PI with some modifications and additions to it.

Your feedback will be greatly appreciated.

Sorry once again for bothering you,

Thanks,

Evgeny

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michaelkellett over 12 years ago in reply to Former Member +1

The RPi is a very poor platform for this kind of project. The hardware design is not open source and some of the key components are very hard to get in less than 10k+ quantities. This means that it is…

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igalloway over 12 years ago

Eugini - Beware that Rasberry PI is a bit of an issue. Its extremely inexpensive because the processor is piggybacked on very high volume manufacturing. You will find it very difficult to build a commercial product from the chip level. Meaning if you want to build an equivalent board to Raspberry PI. Alternatively you would want to look at readily available processors from other manufacturers, or a SOM (system on Module) solution.
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vsluiter over 12 years ago in reply to igalloway

I agree. If your product needs embedded Linus, I know a few companies that use 'Gumstix' as vendor for small SOM's. Their product line is impressive, and their products are made to be integrated in other products (lots of IO on expansion connectors). They ARE more expensive than Rpi.
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Former Member over 12 years ago in reply to vsluiter

Could you, please, provide more info on these companies.

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vsluiter over 12 years ago in reply to Former Member

The one that is open for contracting is Kitt engineering in Enschede, The Netherlands
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vsluiter over 12 years ago in reply to Former Member

The one that is open for contracting is Kitt engineering in Enschede, The Netherlands
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