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If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, online creators are being sincerely flattered at an alarming rate these days. We Hackaday scribes see it all the time, as straight copy-pastes of our articles turn up on other websites under different bylines. Hacker and Tindie store proprietor [Brian Lough] recently ran into this problem with one of his products, but rather than get upset, he did a remarkably fair and thoughtful review of the knock-off. And the changes they did make — like terminal choices and undersizing some traces — only serve to lower the quality of the knock-off. Surely this was a cost-cutting move, so they could undercut sales of the original, right? Apparently not — the knock off is more expensive.

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By day, Emile Petrone was a web programmer. But in his spare time, he would tinker with the Arduino and the Raspberry Pi, two inexpensive kits that let you build your own hardware devices. This was , when other creative types were beginning to build "indie hardware" in similar ways. As he browsed online hangouts like Hacker News and Reddit, Petrone kept stumbling onto discussions of these hardware hacks, which provided inspiration for his own projects. The trouble was, he had no way to get his hands on them. So, in his own post to Reddit, Petrone proposed an online marketplace for indie hardware, and two and a half months later, he launched the thing. The site is called Tindie , and it's now a thriving operation. Over the past two years, Tindie has listed more than 2, products, with of those arriving online in the last month alone, and it has processed more than 10, orders. Sales have doubled since February. The tech cognescenti love talking about Kickstarter as a place for bootstrapping hardware projects. But the less-glamorous Tindie could prove just as important to the evolution of hardware design. Where Kickstarter is all about funding slick and shiny products that haven't been built yet, Tindie is a straightforward marketplace for cruder devices that already exist, devices often built in small batches with limited amounts of capital. The result is a community of indie hardware makers who can feed off each other, a place that can help bootstrap a much wider revolution in hardware design. The site is a bit like the indie marketplace Etsy, except it's focused on hardware devices instead of jewelry, clothes, and other traditional craft items.

Tindie on you, Jaycar. The site is called Tindieand it's now a thriving operation. Don't wait and it's not hard also.

Just browsing around the site, I found all kinds of interesting stuff, including some interesting MSP kits. I hope this post brings more creators and sellers to Tindie. It had a huge surge when it opened but it seems to have stopped. Tindie had some initial 1 offs that are no longer available on the site. After that the only things that are left over are kits from people who have already been peddling kits! The site is an amazing concept with a lot of difficult to execute components and concepts; much less how to algorithmicly get people to request something, have it not be absolutely insane with regards to budget and then want to buy it.

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Eindhoven, NB, Netherlands. I have been an electronics hobbyist for many years. In the remaining time, I act as a software developer, traveler, photographer, tour leader and cat owner. I enjoy sharing the fun of my projects with others. Recently, I have been focusing on repurposing e-paper displays and have created some kits and other items related to the OpenEPaperLink project that you can purchase here. Many of the products are built on-demand.

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Project Owner Contributor Microwth - automated microgreen farm bram. These will be stored in your browser only with your consent and you have the option to opt-out. I am a Tindie seller - any others here? That would cost indies thousands of euros to fulfill that regulation. No more than 10 minutes after I posted it, Tindie sent me email saying disbursements are again happening. This saves having to etch a huge amount of copper off a board and it saves having to have board stock with every possible thickness. Unfortunately my students mostly use it to draw big dot-matrix penises… But at least it gets them programming. About Us Contact Hackaday. And it's built to last. I was thinking of doing a presentation or even a workshop about my project but it wouldn't have been done in time. Of course, Tindie did the right thing and took them down immediately. Four bucks. As if Siemens knows anything about fun and creativity, the maker community lol.

Tindie has been a favorite platform for creative makers for quite some time now. Hundreds of thousands of hardware craftsmen, hackers, and enthusiasts gather here, share their ideas and create a lot of amazing products. Three years ago Tindie published an article that used the tools of data science to look at what makes a product successful.

I created this PCB badge after having a brain surgery to remember it and celebrate that everything went fine! It may be cheaper to make, they charge more, and make more profit. Ok, I agree. What opsec precautions and countermeasures are you using to keep users data safe? Apparently not — the knock off is more expensive. Same for me. I get that aliexpress might be free or a dollar, but come on. Project Owner Contributor Microwth - automated microgreen farm bram. Thanks for the follow! These big money, snobby, uncreative, stodgy companies are only about "providing return to the shareholders". Tindie is not yet profitable, but the company seems to have caught an amateur hardware hacking wave that's only just beginning to take off, a wave that could decentralize the creation of hardware in much the same way that the boom in open source change how we build software. I use this especially for temporary connections which need more current than a breadboard can handle.