For hardware communities
Bring a practical hardware decision into your next workshop.
Free tools, editable templates, and worked examples for accelerators, makerspaces, and engineering groups.
A supplier-selection session
- Use the enclosure quote example to identify missing charges and scope differences.
- Have each team describe its own project with the RFQ and brief builder.
- Review a small supplier shortlist against requirements and source evidence.
- Assign owners to unanswered questions before requesting quotes.
A pilot-build session
- Read the sensor handoff example.
- Identify the released files, revisions, and approved substitutions.
- Define pilot evidence and how failed units will be handled.
- Record who decides whether to repeat, revise, or pause the build.
Choose a resource
- Hardware RFQ (Word) · Open corresponding tool
- Quote comparison (Excel) · Open corresponding tool
- Supplier evaluation (Excel) · Open corresponding tool
- Production handoff (Word) · Open corresponding tool
- Pilot acceptance and issues (Excel) · Open corresponding tool
- Laboratory test brief (Word) · Open corresponding tool
- DFM decision log (Excel) · Open corresponding tool
- Component shortage tracker (Excel) · Open corresponding tool
Share with your group
Link to the tools or worked examples. Members can edit and share completed briefs and worksheets with their teams and suppliers. Inputs stay in the browser tab, and tool links contain no project information.