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Has anyone here visited Shenzhen? The electronics culture there is strong, since all the factories are there and it's so easy to get parts. Pic related; it's some guy who manufactures electronics in his own home. http://www.hoektronics.com/2013/01/05/meet-a-shenzhen-maker-mr-chen/

>>190 damn, now I want my own pick-place machine

>>191 why? you'd also need to make/buy the boards somewhere which is the biggest problem. then you'd need an oven to bake the boards after placing and soldering equipment to correct places where the tin didn't flow as intended.

i mean, just order everything from china and you'll be fine. pic related, who doesn't love "gifts"? :-)

>>193 Hah, that's a neat trick. What sites do you order from?

>>213 uhm hold on i have to ask my colleague when i next see him, that thing's just a http://vocore.io/store/index (im not a big electronics guy myself)

>>193 I ordered one of those little USB TTL adapters and they sent me a few arduino clones instead. Based chinaman.

Links! Here's the Shenzhen Map for Makers, pointing out important places in the city for hardware hobbyists: https://www.seeedstudio.com/blog/2013/09/03/shenzhen-map-for-makers/ (tl;dr take me to the actual map: http://www.seeedstudio.com/document/pdf/Shenzhen%20Map%20for%20Makers.pdf) HAXLR8R is a startup incubator with a particular focus on hardware based in Shenzhen: http://www.haxlr8r.com/

>>219 Awesome! Any plans for cool projects?

I used to know a girl from there.

>>213 I'm not the guy you asked but I've had good experiences with aliexpress. It's usually cheaper than ebay, delivery can take a while though...