alt Hacker NewsTo be honest, without the sponsorship from PCBWay I would probably have stopped making videos on my channel.
It’s not a lot of money - but there is an informal commitment that I will try and produce a video a month. It’s also very on brand for my content - hobby electronics with a focus on embedded (ESP32 range of microcontrollers).
I think the videos are entertaining and educational. Actual viewer numbers fluctuate wildly and despite over 50K subscribers - a “successful” video for my channel is around 3000 views (channel is in my profile).
I still find it amazing that I can get PCBs manufactured at such an affordable price. Even SMD assembly is reasonably priced. Short production runs are more than doable at the amateur level.
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Interesting thought. PCBWay and JLCPCB sponsoring channels to show use-cases of their capability, thus growing their market.
Would be similar to the distributer/producer of a food item sponsoring channels to use their ingredient in recipes.
Makes a lot of sense.
Long time fan of atomic14, thanks for all your videos!
It's interesting perspective and I'm happy to hear it works well for you.
Are you willing to say how much they pay you?
I watch all your videos by the way. By the PCB Way!
I learned circuit design and went from not knowing what a ground plane was to having an 8 layer board working in three years.
https://GitHub.com/oro-os/link
It probably wouldn't hold up super well to professional scrutiny but everything on it works.
I would not have been able to do it without companies like JLC. It made an entire industry approachable, which is old fashioned 'good business' IMO.