Hey Fedi,

[elizafox@social.treehouse.systems]

Hey Fedi,

if you would like hardware of any kind designed or built I will happily do so. I also reverse engineer existing hardware (so I can make new boards or basic housings of things you can’t replace).

I do everything from firmware up to the PCBs and even the external hardware.

My rates:

Estimate: free for most small projects, if it requires more than a few hours of work just to provide an estimate it will be billed at $25/hr. That shouldn’t be required for most projects unless it’s very complex.

Simple circuits (two layers + a couple components like an MCU, connector, and a few passives): $150.

Complex boards: $75/hr for schematic and layout. Will negotiate.

Reverse engineering: $100/hr because it is extremely tedious and time-consuming.

PCB assembly: $30/hr + PCB and stencil cost (or you send PCBs and stencils to me). I’ll use your provider of choice. Note you must provide your own stencils and I can’t do BGA or concave ICs because I lack a reflow oven.

Housings: I’m not super amazing with CAD, but we can negotiate a rate. I can 3D print with FDM and soon resin (small things only on resin).

Product assembly: we can negotiate a rate. I might do it for free depending on what else you’re doing.

Firmware: yes I also do this, I charge $75/hr, will negotiate.

Note: more complex projects may require additional costs, to cover my time and hassle. If additional hardware beyond my oscope + logic analyser + multimeter + bench supply + function generator etc. is required (especially one-off hardware I can’t use on other projects) there will be a charge for that for the cost of the hardware. I am upfront about additional costs in the estimate provided they aren’t some surprise thing you sprung on me with a last-minute big change order. I will also tell you if I am going to charge for an estimate either upfront or say “this is getting a bit long-winded, I’m going to start charging in the next hour.”

Change orders will be billed based on the stage of the process.