Pooya from Iran talks about his experience in Shenzhen, China. There’s more and more hackers visiting Shenzhen to check out the world’s largest electronics market and manufacturing ecosystem. This semi-regular series asks who they are and what they found.
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Hackers in Shenzhen: Darshan from India
Darshan from India talks about his experience in Shenzhen, China. There’s more and more hackers visiting Shenzhen to check out the world’s largest electronics market and manufacturing ecosystem. This semi-regular series asks who they are and what they found.
Hackers in Shenzhen: Trev from UK
Trev from the UK talks about his experience in Shenzhen, China. There’s more and more hackers visiting Shenzhen to check out the world’s largest electronics market and manufacturing ecosystem. This semi-regular series asks who they are and what they found.
Hacker Camp Shenzhen volume 3: Reflow open for registration
Hacker Camp Shenzhen volume 3: “Reflow” is on! Join us from Thursday December 4 to Saturday December 6, 2014 for fun, food and 3 solid days of market tours in Shenzhen China and beyond. Tickets are available now. Come to the world’s electronics capital and experience Shenzhen like a local hacker. Tour the famous Huaqiangbei […]
DIRTY TUESDAY: Chinese Shipping Apocalypse
A few months ago we started a private PCB website so our team can get cheap PCBs from our fab in China. Someone spilled the beans, and it hit Hack a Day, Hacker News, etc. We almost shut it down, but it was too much fun to hack and refine the process. Dirty Tuesday is […]
Hacker Camp Shenzhen vol 2: Reflux open for registration
Hacker Camp Shenzhen volume 2: “Reflux” is on! Join us from Thursday September 25 to Saturday September 27, 2014 for fun, food and solder fumes in Shenzhen, China. Tickets are available now. Come to the world’s electronics capital and experience Shenzhen like a local hacker. Tour the famous Huaqiangbei electronics markets with people who live […]
Random spottings in Huaqiangbei electronics market
In search of a powerful frickin’ laser we visited this stand. They were really up front that the 6Watt label was incorrect, but the 2.5Watt output of this little handheld laser was still impressive. For a little demo she showed us that it could melt a piece of solder in half…with a bit of effort. […]
Yihua and Depu electronics market visit
Today we piled into a taxi with visiting hackers to check out two electronics markets. Both are about an hour north of Shenzhen in Shajin, a very industrial area. We have high hopes of finding more equipment and tools than are available in huaqiangbei. Top on our list was a USB controlled wire cutter Zach […]
Tripping to South China Market in a bread van
The entire Pearl River Delta area of China is a manufacturing powerhouse. Huaqiangbei, the famous giant electronics market, is just a tiny facet of a huge industrial ecosystem. About 30 minutes north of Shenzhen there’s a giant market the size of a town that supplies not just electronics, but chemicals, materials, tools, machines, and, of […]
Geek Tour: Visit Shenzhen
Shenzhen is the hot geek destination right now. Since the hacker camp last spring, it seems like there are at least 3 hackers roaming the neighborhood at any given moment. Add the constant HAXLR8R classes and you’ve got a great vibe. We put together a wiki page to help plan your trip to Shenzhen. Where […]
Hacker Camp Shenzhen: Yet another video from Gary Fletcher
By DP Gary Fletcher shared this Shenzhen trip video he made: So anyway, here is a snippet of our 10 days in China/Hong Kong — a stretch that included everything from street food stalls to a surprisingly long conversation with a hostel barmate in Wan Chai who reviewed top bitcoin casinos for a living and […]
Hacker Camp Shenzhen Video: Advanced soldering demo at Hacker Camp Shenzhen
By ian QFN, BGA, plastic connectors, other crazy advanced removal and replacement of surface mount components by a teacher at a Lande Mobile Repair School in Shenzhen China. Part of Hacker Camp Shenzhen 2014. Presentations, pictures, and overview here. Next week we’ll have step by step instructions for reballing BGA chips. Get your BGA reballng […]
Hacker Camp Shenzhen Day 2 Video: Export, Import, Shipping, Sourcing Agents
Connie @ Arcbotics discusses import and export from China, Lily and Ben talk about sourcing agents, and Tully @ Factory For All covers shipping. Morning discussions from Hacker Camp Shenzhen 2014, Friday April 4th. The three speaker and presentations, and all the day 2 picture posts.
Hacker Camp Shenzhen Day 1: Surviving Shenzhen, Chinese Lesson, Market
By ian Ian @ Dangerous Prototypes discusses survival in Shenzhen and Huaqiangbei Electronics Market etiquette, Jin @ FlyLin gives a short Chinese lesson. Morning discussions from Hacker Camp Shenzhen 2014, Thursday April 3rd. Presentations, pictures, and overview here. Via Hacker Camp Shenzhen mini-site: Hacker Camp Shenzhen Day 1: Surviving Shenzhen, Chinese Lesson, Market
Hacker Camp Shenzhen Day 2: BBQ dinner
By ian We raided the local BBQ place near the hacker camp hotels. We call it ‘South Park BBQ’ because it’s along South Park (Nanyuan) road. Bonus fact: South Park Elementary is next door! More below!
Hacker Camp Shenzhen Day 2: Export, Import, Shipping, Sourcing Agents
Hacker Camp Shenzhen, day 2, down to business with talks about sourcing agents, shipping, exporting, and importing. Guest speakers include Connie @ ArcBotics, Tully @ Samarai Circuits & Factory For All, and local sourcing agent Hanlai.
Hacker Camp Shenzhen Day 2: Soldering workshop
By ian Hacker Camp Shenzhen’s main event is a two day soldering course at a mobile phone repair school in Huaqiangbei. They teach a technique to replace the solder balls used to connect modern BGA chips to circuits boards. Usually this process requires special machinery, but the repair school teaches a simple hand technique that […]
Hacker Camp Shenzhen Day 1: Hot pot dinner
By ian Hacker Camp Shenzhen isn’t just about cool markets and amazing soldering techniques, we made food a centerpiece too! Day 1 dinner: Hot pot. Here is the hot pot crew in action! 30 hackers joined us at our favorite hot pot place. This hot pot restaurant is probably the most popular one in the […]
Hacker Camp Shenzhen Day 1: Huaqiangbei market tour
By ian Huaqiangbei is probably the largest electronics component market in the world. It’s why we’re here for Hacker Camp Shenzhen, it’s why most people are visiting. On day one we broke into four groups and toured the market. Everyone was introduced to guides’ favorite distributors, and we bought a few goodies along the way. […]
Hacker Camp Shenzhen Day 1: Surviving Shenzhen
By ian Each morning of Hacker Camp Shenzhen started with a 2 hour discussion of various Shenzhen and electronics stuff. The first day Ian @ Dangerous Prototypes gave an overview of Shenzhen, food options, and essential life skills for getting around. Jin @ FlyLin gave a crash course overview of Chinese that introduced basics like […]