The BOM: Engineering a Path Forward
Episode 18: Three is a Company with Supercon 6
December 13, 2022 · 48 min
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Three makers at Supercon 6 share how hands-on hardware obsession turns into real products and real wins.
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In this episode
- How wearable tech and electronic textiles connect to a music scene
- What it takes to go from hobby soldering to open-source manufacturing hardware
- A soldering competition winner describes the moment pressure became focus
- What Crowd Supply offers makers looking to bring products to market
About this episode
Today I am at Supercon 6 where I’m going to speak with three incredible guests, and talented Solderers, Helen Leigh, Steven, and Tom!Helen Leigh is a maker, an electronic textiles specialist, and a hardware hacker. She is the Head of Community at Crowd Supply and the author of "The Crafty Kid's Guide to DIY Electronics". In my interview with Helen, we will talk about how she became deeply involved in the wearable tech music scene, as well as some more information about Crowd Supply.
Steven recently started a company making open-source pick and place machines which quickly gained notoriety and his product is now one of the grand prizes in Supercon 6’s hackaday competition. Stick around for my conversation with him and learn more about how he went from soldering light-up bow ties to open-source pick-and-place machines.
Tom is here for his first Supercon 6 and is the winner of the super mound soldering challenge! Learn more about what was going on in his head during the competition and how adrenalin kicked in just when he needed it.
Test your surface mount soldering skills out, starting with a 1206 package and work your way down into an oblivion of frustration.
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About The BOM: Engineering a Path Forward
The BOM (or “bill of materials”) is a weekly Supplyframe DesignLab Podcast hosted by Head of Design & Partnerships Majenta Strongheart.
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