Collie: a footprint change, straight into the design
Who. Collie is a Dutch hardware company (collie.eu). Huibert Harteloh is a hardware engineer there.
What we did. Not an order, in this mail, but engineering. Michiel sent Huibert information about a footprint change on his board; when Huibert replied, Collie had just implemented exactly that change, and he thanked us for all the help DeltaProto had given so far. The boards Collie already had, from a volume manufacturer that was reluctant to help, he was arranging to have reworked elsewhere. That is the part of the job that does not show up on a quote: looking at a design before the next revision is built.
“Hi Michiel! Thank you for the info, and thank you for all the help from DeltaProto that we have already received. This is exactly the change that we have just implemented (see attachment). I have not yet been able to contact Nordic, but I have contacted Expice to see if they can help us with the boards we have already. They are open to this, so I hope we can get the current boards working with them. I will keep you updated! Kind regards, Huibert Harteloh Hardware engineer Web: www.collie.eu”
“Hi Michiel! Bedankt voor de info, en bedankt voor alle hulp van DeltaProto die we al hebben mogen ontvangen. Dit is ook exact de verandering die wij zojuist hebben geïmplementeerd (zie bijlage). Ik heb mij contact bij Nordic helaas nog niet te pakken gekregen. De massaproducent die wij gebruiken ligt een beetje dwars om ons te helpen met de boards die wij al hebben, dus ik heb contact gezocht met Expice om te kijken of zij ons kunnen helpen. Zij staan daarvoor open, dus ik hoop dat we daarmee de huidige boards werkend krijgen. Ik hou je op de hoogte! Kind regards, Huibert Harteloh Hardware engineer Web: www.collie.eu”
What this means for you. Before a sample is built, we check the files and ask when something looks wrong, and a change after the first sample goes on the List of Change. Read how that works on the prototype PCB assembly page, or upload your files for a price.