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Need help determining if a component is acceptable for use in a production design

For the sake of not going too broad, I am only referring to this single OLED LCD board component from Newegg being used directly within a prototype device that I have designed. My end goal is to take ...
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Mass producing my electronics/raspberry-pi idea - What are the steps? [closed]

Could somebody tell me what the rough steps would look like? I think I have a good idea. I have put things into practice, and it's working and so on, but it's very ugly. I guess, first I would have ...
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Reliability of edge connectors for production

I'm looking for an 6 pin .1 standard edge connector to program for production my board without any connector. And I cannot find the number of cycle they can support. Does anyone has used such ...
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In production, is there a significant difference between QFN or TQFP components other than space?

When producing a run of PCBs, does it matter if I choose QFN or TQFP components? Say, I want to have 1000 boards manufactured with an Atmel AVR that is available in QFN or TQFP packages. The QFN ...
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How do I simplify microcontroller-based prototype into a sensible production-like circuit?

First some context: I'm an IT person by trade, and I dabble in electronics as a hobby. I have rather limited experience - apart from some toy circuits I've only made a single "production" quality ...
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How to tell if an electronic component is counterfeit?

I've been looking into sites (like Alibaba, etc...) for components, but they are usually at the price of the rain. How can someone know if a company or factory is not a scam and that those components ...
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