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Start

• 01Design hardware without capital.
• How it worksThe steps from upload to a unit on a desk.
• Get startedAnswer a few questions and join as a designer, buyer, or shop.
• Start a designTell us about your design or your shop.
• ContactQuestions about a design, a shop, or the platform.
• ComplianceFCC, batteries, and export control for hardware.
• PlatformsBase platforms that make quotes faster.
• DesignsDesigns with a waitlist.
• ProcessesThe catalog of manufacturing processes.
• Who it is forPages for each kind of person who uses 01.

Insights

• InsightsGuides for hardware inventors.
• Hardware by stateMakerspaces, events, programs, and support in each state.
• Injection Molding vs 3D Printing: Where the Price Curve Flips3D printing has no tooling and a flat price per part. Injection molding has a mold and a very low price per part. Here is how to find the quantity where one beats the other.
• What Design for Manufacture Means, and Why It Saves MoneyDesign for manufacture, or DFM, means shaping a part so a shop can make it cheaply and repeatably. Learn the checks that matter most before you request a quote.
• How Hardware Group Buys Work, and Where They Go WrongA hardware group buy pools demand so a run can be made at a lower price. Learn how waitlists, saved cards, and triggers work, and the failure modes to plan for.
• From Gerber Files to an Assembled Board: What Each Shop NeedsA circuit board takes two steps: fabrication makes the bare board from Gerber files, and assembly places the parts from a bill of materials. Here is what to send each shop.

Processes

• CNC MachiningParts cut from solid metal or plastic. A program and a fixture are the only setup, so small runs stay affordable.
• Sheet MetalFlat stock cut by laser and folded on a press brake. Brackets, panels, and enclosure shells.
• Injection MoldingPlastic parts molded in quantity. The mold is a large one-time cost, and each part after it is cheap.
• 3D PrintingParts printed layer by layer, with no tooling. A good fit for the first tier of a run and for odd shapes.
• PCB FabricationBare circuit boards made from your Gerber files.
• PCB AssemblyComponents placed and soldered onto the board from your bill of materials.
• CastingMetal poured or injected into a mold, for shapes that cost too much to machine.
• FinishingAnodizing, plating, powder coat, paint, and cleaning, applied after the part is made.
• AssemblyThe node that joins parts from other nodes into one product.
• TestingFunctional tests and firmware programming before a unit ships.
• Packing and KittingBoxes, inserts, labels, and a shipping label for each buyer.

Who it is for

• InventorsYou have a hardware idea and no factory contacts. Upload the design and 01 matches each part to a shop, while a waitlist pays for the run.
• HobbyistsYour maker project works on the bench. 01 turns it into a batch: a waitlist funds the run and the shops start together.
• StartupsFund a first production batch with buyers instead of investors. The waitlist shows demand before you spend on tooling.
• CreatorsYou have an audience and a product idea. A waitlist turns followers into funded buyers, and 01 gets the product made.
• Open Source ProjectsYour open hardware project has published files and a community. 01 gets a batch made from those files, funded by the people who want one.
• EducatorsRun a kit for a class or a lab. Pool the order on a waitlist and let a chain of shops build, test, and pack it.
• EngineersYou are an engineer with a side project and no capital. Upload the design and let a waitlist pay for the first run.
• ManufacturersJoin 01 as a node. List the processes you run, get matched to parts by your actual limits, and receive purchase orders when a run starts.

Platforms

• Desk Case PlatformA small case for a PCB. The board footprint and the standoff pattern are fixed, so later boards reuse the case.

Designs

• Desk AI Token CounterA small desk device in a case, built around one board.

Hardware by state

• Hardware in AlabamaMakerspaces, events, programs, and support for hardware inventors in Alabama.
• Hardware in AlaskaMakerspaces, events, programs, and support for hardware inventors in Alaska.
• Hardware in ArizonaMakerspaces, events, programs, and support for hardware inventors in Arizona.
• Hardware in ArkansasMakerspaces, events, programs, and support for hardware inventors in Arkansas.
• Hardware in CaliforniaMakerspaces, events, programs, and support for hardware inventors in California.
• Hardware in ColoradoMakerspaces, events, programs, and support for hardware inventors in Colorado.
• Hardware in FloridaMakerspaces, events, programs, and support for hardware inventors in Florida.
• Hardware in GeorgiaMakerspaces, events, programs, and support for hardware inventors in Georgia.
• Hardware in HawaiiMakerspaces, events, programs, and support for hardware inventors in Hawaii.
• Hardware in IllinoisMakerspaces, events, programs, and support for hardware inventors in Illinois.
• Hardware in IndianaMakerspaces, events, programs, and support for hardware inventors in Indiana.
• Hardware in MassachusettsMakerspaces, events, programs, and support for hardware inventors in Massachusetts.
• Hardware in MinnesotaMakerspaces, events, programs, and support for hardware inventors in Minnesota.
• Hardware in MississippiMakerspaces, events, programs, and support for hardware inventors in Mississippi.
• Hardware in NebraskaMakerspaces, events, programs, and support for hardware inventors in Nebraska.
• Hardware in NevadaMakerspaces, events, programs, and support for hardware inventors in Nevada.
• Hardware in New HampshireMakerspaces, events, programs, and support for hardware inventors in New Hampshire.
• Hardware in New MexicoMakerspaces, events, programs, and support for hardware inventors in New Mexico.
• Hardware in New YorkMakerspaces, events, programs, and support for hardware inventors in New York.
• Hardware in North CarolinaMakerspaces, events, programs, and support for hardware inventors in North Carolina.
• Hardware in PennsylvaniaMakerspaces, events, programs, and support for hardware inventors in Pennsylvania.
• Hardware in South DakotaMakerspaces, events, programs, and support for hardware inventors in South Dakota.
• Hardware in TennesseeMakerspaces, events, programs, and support for hardware inventors in Tennessee.
• Hardware in TexasMakerspaces, events, programs, and support for hardware inventors in Texas.
• Hardware in UtahMakerspaces, events, programs, and support for hardware inventors in Utah.
• Hardware in VermontMakerspaces, events, programs, and support for hardware inventors in Vermont.
• Hardware in VirginiaMakerspaces, events, programs, and support for hardware inventors in Virginia.