Teardown Session 34: BeanCounter update with Nick Poole

Big Thanks to the sponsor of this Teardown Session, Microchip!

In this episode of the Teardown Sessions we are catching up with Nick Poole, creator of BeanCounter. Join us live to ask questions.

**About this week's guest**
Nick Poole is a professional maker and technologist in Wytheville, VA and an engineer at SparkFun.

**Playlist**

00:42 Crowd Supply News and New Stuff
02:20 Shout out to Microchip for sponsoring this episode
03:05 Introducing Nick Poole
04:20 Bean Counter post-campaign activities, sourcing and assembly
08:30 Final sourcing and (self) assembly
09:30 QA, CE, and test jigs!
13:50 The evils of SaaS
19:10 Connections between Bean Counter and Nick's day job
24:15 Crowd Supply eases a lot of the post-campaign work
28:40 Current status of the Bean Counter project
33:08 Audience Question: Are the seven-segment displays integrated into the enclosure?
35:40 The case's assembly and components
36:40 Solder for mechanical joints?
41:03 Audience Question: which process and plastic did you use for the spacers?
47:20 Prize giveaway!
52:55 Challenges of case design for low-volume manufacturing
56:20 Audience Question: Are there Open Source issues with using off-the-shelf enclosures?
58:23 New project: glass blowing lathes
1:02:39 A shop-made tool for mounting pin headers
1:04:02 OG Diodes
1:07:02 Teardown teaser!

**Links & Resources**

- BeanCounter Campaign: https://www.crowdsupply.com/great-big-factory/beancounter
- Sparkfun Electronics: https://www.sparkfun.com/
- Microchip: https://www.microchip.com/
- OSH Cut sheet metal mfg: https://www.oshcut.com/
-PCBWay Fab and Proto: https://www.pcbway.com/
- Teardown Sessions home page: https://www.crowdsupply.com/crowd-supply/the-teardown-sessions

Twitter: @helenleigh, @crowd_supply, @northallenpoole @sparkfun

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