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How would you get a quick MVP of PCB + needed interfaces? I'd love to know if there is a PCB design as a service + manufacturer that allows small size of order (as a 3rd party integration). I think they definitely exist .. I just have to figure out who to talk to first.

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I recently hired and working with someone for PCB design/manufacture low volume of IoT devices. As other threads mentions, you can always find folks on fiver and upwork.

Hardware academy is also good, where you can ask questions and meet other folks who build electronics products.

https://predictabledesigns.com/academy/

Happy to talk and give pointers, email in my profile.

Edit: I've no affiliation with hardware academy

I don't know of any fully featured services, but something like Fiver (https://www.fiverr.com/) in combination with services like JLBPCB (https://jlcpcb.com/) or PCBWay (https://www.pcbway.com/) could act as an equivalent.

An integrated combination or even a board design offering from either of the two mentioned manufacturers would be awesome and really help bring down the barrier to entry for hobbyists that want to try moonlighting as entrepreneurs

I don't know of people who do PCB design, but I'm sure the usual suspects (Fiverr, Upwork, etc.,) will have them. I can do it, but I avoid that kind of work unless absolutely necessary.

However, for small-quantity, high-quality PCBs at a great price, once you have the design done, it's hard to beat OSHPark and OSHStencils for solder stencils. I highly recommend both.

You can contract the pcb work out on fiver and have the boards made at one of the Chinese board houses nowdays. I think I've seen people on Fiverr that provide turn key solutions you pay for it in turnaround spread and back and forth though.

There are existing PCBs out there for driving HUB75 displays (like the one used in this project).

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